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THE HORSE. 



(fig. 47) who, without fatiguing the bit, will cause the 

 horse to revert to its natural appuis by paralysing its 

 opposition through his own attitude. 



Although a high rather than a broad chest is 

 preferable in a saddle-horse, in the work of Gericault, all 

 the horses have the humerus, or arm, exceeding the 

 natural limitations as to height. 



The specimen of the drawing of this master just given, 

 in this respect closely approaches the horses said to be 

 of Marly, which rear at the entrance of the Champs- 

 Elysees, as well as the horses of the Parthenon. 



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Fig. 48. 



In the subject which follows, the horse, which is 

 ridden, is at the period of the appui of the trot. The 

 intention of the draughtsman (fig. 48) has been to place 

 both the animals at a walk. With this object it would 

 have been necessary to invert the pose of the hind limbs 

 of the first, as shown in the rectification ; it would then 

 have been upor? the left diagonal appui, as would have 

 been the second, after changing the movement of the 

 anterior members. 



The horse of the Giaour (second subject of fig. 48), 

 only rests upon one side. What renders its equilibrium 

 the more difficult is the fact of being upon a slope and 

 apparently but little docile ; to make it solid, it is 

 necessary to give it a right diagonal base, and to cause it 



