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THE EXTERIOR OF THE HORSE. 



S. Phase of Elevation. It also much resembles that of the trot, but the con- 

 vexities of the trajectories are more salient because the member, as a whole, is 

 shortened more. The foot, as well as the knee, is well separated from the 



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FIG. 238. Kinematic analysis of the play of the anterior member in the gallop. 



(From Messrs. Marey and Pages.) 

 A. Phase of contact. I S. Phase of elevation. 



ground. The curves of the withers and of the shoulder-joint are not depressed 

 in their middle as is seen in the trot. 



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FIG. 239. Kinematic analysis of the play of the posterior member in the gallop. 



(From Messrs. Marey and Pages.) 

 A. Phase of contact. | S. Phase of elevation. 



2d. Posterior Member (Fig. 239). Nothing particular characterizes this 

 member in the phase of contact excepting, as we have said at the commencement 

 of the subject, that it is an agent of dispersion and propulsion. As to the trajec- 



