ELEMENTS OF BIPPOLOGY. 



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In the trot each diagonal pair of legs should sustain the 

 weight of the body for the same length of time. 



In the gallop the horse should lead with equal freedom with 

 each fore foot; his feet should be well bunched during the leap, 

 and well extended in receiving the weight of the body and in 

 throwing it forward. The canter differs from the gallop very 

 little; it is the slow gallop. The leap is shorter, the leading foot 



Figure 102. — ''Iowa.'' 



Pure-bred trotting-horse in action. 

 Courtesy of J, Campbell Thompson, Esq 



is not advanced so far. The body is in suspension for a shorter 

 time. The merging of the canter into the gallop is impercep- 

 tible. When a horse changes from the walk to the trot and from 

 the trot to the canter, the rider is conscious of the instant the 

 change is made, but as the gait increases to the gallop and the 

 racing gallop, or run, he is conscious merely of an increased 

 speed, not of a change in the arrangement of footfalls. 



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