FAST GALLOP. 



115 



Fig. 102. 



Fig. 103, 



Fig. 104. 



Fig. 105. 



Fast Gallop {continued). 



consists the difference between the canter and gallop, is 

 dependent on the extent of the forward reach of the non- 

 leading fore leg. Hence we see that the canter merges 

 imperceptibly into the gallop, and that the difference in 

 these paces, in the same animal, is simply one of forward 

 reach of fore leg — that is, of speed. I may mention that 

 the intervals of time between each of these positions 

 represented by Figs. 90 to 105 are all equal. We may 

 see, starting with Fig. 90, that the near hind, off hind, 

 near fore, and off fore (the leading -fore leg) remain for 

 nearly the same time on the ground. The leading fore, how- 

 ever, has to perform a longer period of support than any of 



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