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enables us to include every horse under the sun 

 under three logical divisions, namely : 



1. — Horses of Speed, e.g. Racehorses. 



2. — Horses of Power, e.g. Draughthorses. 



3. — Horses of Power and Speed, e.g. Hunters. 



It is apparent that the first two, being ex- 

 tremes, will be in the minority, because most of 

 our wants require a combination of power and 

 speed. 



56. — We must just allude to one other point, 

 and that is the rhythm of movement. Let us 

 take a simple movement, such as walkmg, and 

 see what the fore extremities do and are down to 

 in this rhythm. It will be seen on reference to 

 Fig. 9, A^ that an attempt has been made to 

 represent this rhythm by a diagram which really 

 represents two rhythms. It will be seen that 

 either rhythm is included in a parallelogram 

 made up of two equal triangles, a' a" a'" and 

 a" h" h'". They are equal because they are on 

 the same base, a'" h'", and between the same 

 parallels a' h" , a'" U". 



It will be seen that a rhythm is begun when 

 the foot is on the ground, as at h'", and com- 

 pleted when the foot reaches the ground, as at 

 a'", and the limb has gained the same relation to 

 the body (represented by the arrow), as at a' a'" . 

 Take the parallelogram a' a" h'" a'", then it will 

 be seen that the leg is flexed and extended within 

 the triangle a'" a" h"\ and that the body swings 

 forward and brings the leg from position a" a'" to 

 a' a'" , and this movement is accomplished within 

 the triangle a' a" a" . It is needless to remind 



