THE CANTER. 
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It is far more likely that the alternate rising and 
falling of the fore- and hind-quarters of a horse in the 
execution of the movement, suggested a resemblance 
to the alternate tilting or “ canting ” of a plank on 
which children sit in the game called “see-saw.” If 
a saddle were to be arranged over the fulcrum, and 
the plank rapidly but gently “ canted ” up and down, 
a rider on the saddle would not fail to experience a 
sensation similar to that produced by the canter of a 
horse. 
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