GALLOP OF THE GREYHOUND. 



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when the leading fore leg is raised (compare Figs. 143 and 144 

 with Figs. 85, 86, and 87, and also with Figs. 100, loi, and 

 102). It is instructive to note that a definition founded on 

 this difference is not of general application to other animals. 

 In the gallop of the greyhound, there is a period of suspension 

 {see Figs. 122 and 123) similar to that of the horse's leap, as 



Fig. 119. 



tlG. 120. 



Fig. 122. 



Fig. 123. Fig. 124. Fig. 125. 



Gallop of the Greyhound, showing Two Periods of Suspension. 



well as one {see Figs. 119 and 120) like that in the horse's 

 gallop. It seems that the former is longer than the latter in 

 the full speed gallop of the greyhound. It appears that if this 

 dog begins his stride on one fore leg, the right for instance 

 {see Fig. 119), he will after his two periods of suspension {see 

 Figs. 120 and 123) ^'take-off" from the opposite fore leg, the 



