THE PACES OF THE HORSE 



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second the animal is on a diagonal support (Fig. 132) ; in 

 the third it comes down on a fore-limb (Fig. 133). The 

 body is then raised (Fig. 134), and to this period of sus- 

 pension succeed anew the three modes of pressure indicated 

 above. 



The gallop is said to be from either right or left. In the 

 gallop from the right, the right fore-leg is the more fre- 

 quently in advance of its neighbour ; it is the last to be 

 placed on the ground. The left foot of the posterior biped 

 is the one which commences the action. 



An entirely opposite arrangement characterizes the 

 gallop from the left. 



The notation reproduced in Fig. 135 corresponds to the 



Fig. 137. — Leap of the Hare (after G. Colin). 



gallop from the right. It is there seen, as we pointed out 

 above, that in the first phase the exclusive support of the 

 left hind-foot takes place (i) ; that afterwards, in the 

 second, commence simultaneously, the pressures of the left 

 fore and the right hind foot (2) ; this is the left diagonal 

 support ; and that finally, in the third, the body comes 

 down on a fore-limb, which is then the right (3) ; and 

 that for a moment it is on this limb alone that the animal 

 rests. 



To these three phases on the notation succeeds an 

 interval ; this is the period of suspension. 



The gallop of four phases only differs from the preceding 



