PERPENDICULAR. 



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The artist will frequently have to represent tranquil 

 postures ; they vary much with regard to the distance of 



the hind-legs from 

 one another, but it 

 is especially to the 

 fore and to the rear 

 that these posterior 

 limbs have a ten- 

 dency, departing but 

 slightly from the 

 medial plane. 



The anterior 

 members only sen- 

 sibly exceed the line 

 of the perpendicular 

 in the fore owing to 

 extreme fatigue and 

 when ill ; in the in- 

 clined position the 

 member is said, in 

 vulgar parlance, to 

 stand like a dancing 

 master, to point, or to fence. 



Figure 41 represents a horse in a natural station. 

 The relative proportions of the men and the animal are 

 rigorously observed. The horsemen have the stature of 

 cuirassiers. 



Fig. 41. 



POSITION OF A MAN ON HORSEBACK. 



I invariably advise the horseman (as M. Raabe also 

 teaches in that tone which is so justly authoritative when 

 it has reference to hippie science) to have the tipper part 

 of the body easy, free and straight, in order to preserve 

 his perpendicularity with pliability, and not to lean to 

 the rear, which tends to carry the legs forward, depriving 

 them of their stability, instead of permitting them to fall 

 naturally, close to the sides and behind the girths, the 

 only position which permits the skilful manipulation of 

 the horse in every direction. The body of the rider 

 must therefore be straight, without awkwardness or 

 stiffness, well-seated, i.e., his weight symmetrically 



