opening between two horses of the same height will never 

 be very much ; but the distance which a better shaped 

 horse will have gained as the result of a wider oscillation 

 of his legs in suspension will be lost in time as the result 

 of the wider oscillation of his legs in support.^ 



The sketch (Fig. 4) depicts this fact. It represents a 

 foreleg A B C D which, as the result of wider oscillation 

 in suspension, gains a distance of D' F at the moment of 

 grounding over a leg of the same stride, A' B' C D'. 



D' 



Fig. 4. 



Ut is undeniable tliat training can, to a certain extent, modify 

 the aptitude of horses ; that It can teach them to form the habit 

 of hurrying when they are being prepared for a short race or to 

 extend themselves and cadence their stride during preparation for 

 a long distance race. 



In the first case, there is every reason to believe that the horse 

 becomes accustomed to reducing his period of suspension ; during 

 this period, indeed, the animal remains near enough to the ground for 

 him to resume contact before the moment when he is forced to by 



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