ON THE TROT. 



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in order to avoid confusion ; for the same purpose, we have 

 represented the prints of the fore-feet by dotted lines, those of 

 the hind- feet by full lines. In the trot, the prints of the left 

 feet alternate perfectly with those of the right feet. 



Fig. 47.— Piste of the trot according to Vincent and Goiffon. 



According to the speed of the trot, and the size of the 

 horse, the piste varies much with respec^ to the space which 

 separates the prints on the same side 



Fig. 48.— Horse trotting with a low kind of pace. The instant corresponding 

 with the attitude represented in this figure, is marked with a white dot 

 on the notation. 



In the representation of the trotting horse we must dis- 

 tinguish the different forms of this pace. 



The low and short trot is represented in fig. 48. We usually 



