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legs than a race horse, as one limb did the work of two. 

 It strikes me that his knowledge of movement was very 

 limited, as I am sure the fast gallop is much more trying 

 than the fast trot. 



PRECEPTOR. There can be no question of that. The 

 greater the velocity of the body, the greater the force with- 

 which it comes to the ground. And not to spend time in 

 argument, I can adduce an illustration that will prove it. 

 Drive a fast trotter on ground that will just receive the 

 impress of the shoe, so that the frog touches the ground. 

 Eun a horse over the same, and he will sink much deeper, 

 running in training-shoes similar to those worn by the 

 trotter. I have also heard men state that the fore feet of 

 the race horse struck the earth at the same instant, and 

 that the hind legs followed the same rule. Such ignorance 

 shows a want of common observation, as any person with 

 his eyes shut, and merely listening to a horse galloping 

 past, ought to know better. The foot-prints will show 

 the manner in which a horse runs, more clearly than they 

 do in a fast trot. For instance, the " tracks " are in this 

 form when a horse runs : 



They vary more in the trot, some horses placing the hind 

 foot more in advance of where the fore foot stood, than 

 others, thus : 



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Fore. Hind. Fore. Hind. Fore. Fore. Hind. Fore. Hind. Fore. 



The bound is very clearly seen in the shoe marks of the 

 race horse, though it is not so apparent in those of the 



