xviii CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER VI. 



DISTRIBUTION OF WEIGHT IN THE HORSE's BODY, 



PACE 



Comparative Weight .borne by the Fore and Hind Limbs — Centre of 



Gravity ......... 49-51 



CHAPTER Vn. 



LEVERS. 



Definition — First Order — Second Order — Third Order — Relations be- 

 tween the Power and Weight in Levers — Comparisons between 

 Power and Weight in Muscular Levers — Directions in which the 

 Power and Weight respectively Act ..... 5 2-5 6 



CHAPTER Vin. 



MECHANISM OF EQUINE LOCOMOTION. 



Displacement of the Centre of Gravity — Manner in which Propulsion is 

 effected by the Limbs — Direction of Propulsion and Distance 

 through which the Centre of Gravity of the Body is moved — Com- 

 parative Speed in the Action of the Limbs — ^Action of the Muscles 

 which extend the Vertebrae — ^Width between each respective Pair 

 of Legs as affecting Speed — Effect of Insecurity of Equilibrium on 

 Speed — Fatigue from the various Paces — Action of the Head and 

 Neck in Locomotion — Mechanism of the Fetlock Joint — Mechanism 

 of the Hock Joint. ....... 57-7° 



CHAPTER IX. 

 Mechanism of draught ....... 71-74 



CHAPTER X. 



ATTITUDES OF THE HORSE. 



Standing at Attention — Standing Collectedly — Standing at Ease — 



Carriage of the Head and Neck ..... 75-S7 



CHAPTER XL 



STATIONARY MOVEMENTS OF THE HORSE. 



Lying Down and Getting Up — Rearing — Kicking — The Piafifer . 88-94 



