GAITS. 



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avoids this difficulty by means of accessories so disposed 

 as not to be detrimental to the conception of the action 

 which should be felt by the spectator — the aim of the 

 object represented. Ability is shown in finding and not 

 unduly emphasizing the line which claims attention and 

 fixes in the air the action about to be accomplished, 

 wh"le at the same time it yet leaves something to 

 the imagination. 



2. THE TROT. 



The trot (figs. 5 

 and 6) is composed 

 of two periods — 

 the appui (fig. 6) 

 and the projection 

 (fig. 5). The horse 

 commences this 

 gait with a diagonal 

 biped ; the feet, 

 diagonally oppos- 

 ed, rise at the same 

 time, support them- 

 selves and together 

 come to the apptd 

 to resist and ante- 

 riorly project this 

 biped, whilst the 

 other limbs having 

 gained space in 

 the direction, in 

 their turn attain 

 the ground, in 



order to support the body and to impart a fresh motion 

 to it. 



It is this period of projection (fig. 5) during which 

 the four feet have quitted the ground, which is usually 

 selected by draughtsmen when representing the horse 

 at a trot, for the raising of each biped does not wait 

 for the setting down of the other. In this instance it 

 is permissible, without fear of error, to separate the 

 members a little from the ground and to extend them 



Figs. 5 and 6. 



