"knee-action." xxi 



nearly the same as the first, excepting, of course, the reversal of the 

 feet. The feet on the ground are firmly planted, the body having 

 been carried over them until the front leg is nearly perpendicular 

 from the ankle up; the pastern is inclined backwards until it is nearly 

 horizontal. 



The hind pastern is still more bent, so that the ankle is lower than 

 the coronet, and as the foot is under the loin, the hock has to be bent 

 in order to advance the foot to the furthest point. The other hind 

 leg is in an apparently awkward position. From the stifle to the 

 hock it is nearly parallel with the body, and the cannon is vertical? 

 the pastern being still crooked. This foot is on its forward journey, 

 having been carried from space 7 to space 9. 



THE RAISED FORE FOOT 



Is still nearly as high as in the preceding figure, and though it has 

 not been carried as far propoitionately forward as the hind, it is now 

 on a line with the arm of the other leg. The sole of the foot is close 

 to the arm of the same leg, the arm level, the bending of the knee 

 and pastern sharp. 



In the next picture, the body having been carried twenty-one 

 inches forward, the feet on the gi-ound are placed that much back 

 relatively. This has straightened the pastern of the fore leg some- 

 what, that of the hind being still down. The fore leg is now exei-t- 

 ing its final impulse ere it leaves the ground, and the straightening 

 of the pastern of the hind leg will complete the application of the 

 force. The non-motors, during this period of the stride, viz : the left 

 fore and right hind foot have been advanced, the former is on the line 

 which divides spaces 13 and 14, and the other on the line between 

 10 and 11. The fore is raised to a height of eighteen inches, and is 



