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PLATE XI. 



THE RUNNING TROT. 



Most of our very best trotters have this action, which, in some 

 degree, is between the trot and gallop. It is a very easy pace for 

 the rider, but very deficient in elegance. The pace is not suited for 

 any kind of carriage. 



The subject from which this Plate was taken was very finely 

 formed for strength and action ; the legs are delivered in the same 

 way as in the plain trot, but much faster and nearer the ground, and 

 with a sort of scramble, far from pleasing to the eye. As in the 

 plain trot, the shoulder should be thrown well forward, so that in a 

 side view it should hide the breast. Compare the shoulder of Figure 

 1 with that of Figure 2. 



