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foot eighteen inches from the ground. The hind legs are bent 

 at the hock, the toe of the right-hind foot toucliing the line which 

 mai'ks an elevation of twelve inches, about twenty inches in advance 

 of the left hind foot, which is still more elevated. The metatarsal is 

 exactly vertical, as shown by the line between the spaces three and 

 four. The horizontal line answering to the height of the mare, 

 shows above the withers, consequent upon the bending of the pastern, 

 and is also above the croup, the elevation of the hind feet being occa- 

 sioned by the bend at the hocks. Thus the whole weight is sustained 

 by the left fore leg, and nearly in the position where the last propul- 

 sive effort is made to send the bodj'^ along. As number eleven of the 

 series presents a better view of the 



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I will defer remarks on that until it comes up for consideration. In 

 number one the nose was exactly touching the line between spaces 

 seven and eight ; in number two the nose is advanced a third of the 

 way across space nine, showing that thirty-six inches had been cov- 

 ered, owing to the thread being wrongly placed or carried along a 

 short distance before- the tension was sufficient to break it — probably 

 the latter being the cause. This picture is a complete refutation of 

 the erroneous conception heretofoi'e prevailing among artists who per- 

 sist in delineating this part of the stride of a race-horse in the most 

 absurd manner, fore and hind feet being thrust out in impossible posi- 

 tions. " Stonehenge " and others discovered the absurdity, but fell 

 into that which was just as far from the truth. The eminent author 

 who has written- so much that is valuable in relation to the horse, 



