II. 



The Croup and the Hind Legs in the 

 Gallop. 



As in the study of the forehand, it is to the chrono- 

 photographic plates of Marey and Pages that we shall 

 turn for analysing the movements of the hind legs, re- 

 maining faithful to our method, which consists in deduc- 

 ing from dynamic knowledge of the horse, which is given 



Fig. 5. 



us by instantaneous photography alone, a static knowl- 

 edge of him which can be seized by the eye in its entirety 

 and in detail. 



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