CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



Preface ix 



CHAPTER I. 

 Introduction i 



CHAPTER II. 



NOMENCLATURE OF THE REGIONS OF THE BODY OF THE 

 HORSE. 



Height — Length — Bipedal — Medial Plane — Base of support — 



Near side — Beat — Trail — Support — Appui 10 



CHAPTER III. 



GAITS. 



I. The Walk — Progression — Complete step. 2. The Trot — 

 Ordinary trot — Appui — Projection — Space of the beats — 

 Rapid trot. 3. The Gallop — Ordinary gallop — Meaning 

 of gallop — Canter — Hand gallop — The race — Full gallop 

 — American photographs — Experiments upon the tension 

 of the fore-limbs in over-reached gallop. 4. — Airs of 

 the Manege — Modification of the Gaits — Artificial gaits — 

 Natural gaits — Defective gaits — The amble — Backing — 

 Rearing — The kick — The leap — The draught horse — The 

 towing-horse — Light draught horse — Hunter — Charger — 

 Racer 12 



