THE GAITS IN PARTICULAR. 



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trunk ; it is at this moment that interfering takes plaee. Incapable 

 as we are of perceiving clearly with the eye the silhouette of the 

 running gallop, we might just as well reproduce it truly, as photo- 

 grai)hic apparatus take it ; for, in truth, our eye does not see the 

 members oi" a race-horse lengthened out any more than it sees them 

 gathered in, and it would be more logical if we were to agree on sub- 

 stituting for a conventional attitude one which is (to be sure) equally 

 undiscernible by our insufficiently-trained senses, but which is at least 

 more real. 



We have given in the following table some examples of speed 

 displayed upon various French and foreign race-courses by some re- 

 markable hor.ses. Most of the data are drawn from the Journal cles 

 haras and from Le Sport; some concerning American horses have been 

 communicated to us by our associate, Professor Huidekoper. 



It follows from this table, in which the subjects have been arranged 

 in the order of speed, that the velocity of the gait is inversely propor- 

 tional to the distance travelled. 



We refer the reader to what we have said concerning the con- 

 ditions of the motor in relation to speed (page 408) for all that has 

 reference to the conformation of the race-horse. 



