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world of physiologists and artists." In 1889, M. Ottomar Ans- 



chiitz of Lissa, Germany, somewhat modified and improved 



upon Mr. Muybridge's method, which was again improved by 



M. Marey at Paris, in 1882 ; and by Marey and Pages at 



Paris in 1887. In 187 J) Messrs. Vincent and Goiffon of the 



AKort Veterinary School, Paris, applied the music notation to 



the scientific representation of the gaits of the horse ; which 



was afterwards improved by M. Marey, and also by M. Lenoble 



du Tiel, in 1887. 



These efforts are all in the direction of obtaining the accurate position 

 and times of tlie gait of the horse. The animal has been always 

 represented in an unnatural and false attitude, and in (',on<Htions 

 of impossible equilibrium by artists and sculptors. Little by little 

 the cause of equine realism will triumpli over the oltl convention- 

 alism whicli censures witli disdain the innovators wlio assume tlie 

 liberty of announcing its errors to the world. — The Exterior of the 

 Horsei Goubaux and Barrier. 



Gaitecl Horse. A saddle horse ; a horse having the 

 walk-trot-canter gaits, (including the walk, trot, rack, canter, 

 running walk, fox trot, or slow pace), to perfection ; a combi- 

 nation horse. See Saddler; Kentucky Saddler; is'^ATiONAL 

 Saddle Horse Breeders' Association. 



Col. Dodge had a Kentucky horse whicli could walk flat-footed four and 

 a half miles an hour; could running-walk five ami a half; rack 

 seven ; single-foot up to twelve, and in harness or vmder saddle trot 

 a forty gait as squarely as any horse ever shod.— Kentucky Farmers' 

 Home Journal. 



Gaiter. A device for trueing the gait ; giving a steady, 

 even, and quick motion, lengthening the stride, preventing a 

 sidewise gait, breaking, bucking, or bolting, inducing correct 

 knee action, and teaching the horse to travel wide. There 

 are several different patterns. They are easily attached and 

 adjusted ; light in weight, and adapted for both slow and fast 

 work. 



Gaiting" Bar ; Gaiting- Pole. A padded pole attached 

 to the sulky, inside the shaft, for the purpose of keeping the 

 body of the horse in straight line when in motion. One end is 

 made fast near the point of the shaft, or to the shaft holder, 

 and the other to the cross-bar above the whipple-tree or just 

 under the sulky seat. 



Gaiting' Strap. A strap of strong leather, usually cov- 

 ered wdth sheepskin, attached to a sulky in the same manner 

 as the gaiting bar, and for the same purpose. 



Gaiting Wheel. A device for keeping the horse 

 straight in the shafts, and for preventing hitching and side- 

 wise action. It consists of a short metal arm attached to the 

 shaft by means of an adjustable loop and set-screw, on which, 

 plays a small wheel, which, when the horse goes to one side, 

 presses against the flank, causing him to straighten the gait. 



