EQUINE LOCOMOTION. 



fore foot and that of the opposite hind foot (Figs. 163 to 

 171). If we compare that series with Figs. 131 to 137, 

 and with Figs. 138 to 146, we shall see that, in the canter, 

 the fore leg of the diagonal support comes to the ground 

 at the same moment (Fig. 132) as, or slightly before (Fig. 



Fig. 153- 



Fig. 154. 



Fig- 155- 

 Phases of the Canter of a High Caste Arab ; 



Off Fore Leading (con/iimed). 



[M. H. H. 



139), its hind fellow ; but, in the gallop, it comes after 

 it (Figs. 158 to 160). We may note that this interval, 

 in which consists the difference between the canter and 

 gallop, is dependent on the extent of the forward reach 

 of the non-leading fore leg. Hence we see that the canter 

 merges imperceptibly into the gallop, and that the difference 

 in these paces, in the same animal, is simply one of for- 



