THE GAITS IN PARTICULAR. 



bipeds. As in the amble, the complete ^"^/D 

 step, therefore, emits two beats. 



Trails and Varieties of the 

 Trot.' — According to the relation of 

 the imprints left bv an 

 animal which trots, three 

 particular varieties can be 

 observed : sometimes the 

 posterior remain behind 

 the anterior (Fig. 201); ; ! ; (t\PA 



sometimes tliey are super 

 posed upon each other 





aO 



(Fig. 202) ; sometimes, 

 finally, the posterior sur- 

 pass the anterior (Fig. 

 203). 



In otlier words, the 

 horse se dejuge (ill-checks 

 his steps), se juge (checks 

 them), or se mejuge (over- 

 checks them), according 

 to the length of his strides. 

 (See page 474.) 



The ordinary trot is 

 that in which the super- 

 position of the imprints 

 exists, which is indicated 

 in figures by means of a 

 shoe provided with a sin- 

 gle crampon. The trail 

 is then simple, right and 

 left. 



The short trot is that 

 in which the posterior im- 

 prints do not quite reach 

 the anterior. ^ 



Finally, we call long ._P A 



(!\p 



?Af) 





A 



P 



;PArt 



a 



PA 



1 All the trails of the trot are after 

 the same scale, and therefore com- 

 parable to one another. 



Fig. 201. — Trail 

 of the short trot. 

 (Lenoble du 

 Teil.) 



Fig. 202. — Trail 

 of the ordinary 

 trot. (Lenoble du 

 Teil.) 



prt 

 a6 



po 



511 



r)A 



n 



Fig. 203.— Trail 

 of the long trot. 

 (Lenoble du 

 Teil.) 



