THE GALLOP. 
The word “gallop,” in its various forms of spelling, is 
now almost universally employed to designate the most 
rapid of all quadrupedal movements. The action is 
adopted by nearly all animals, in one or the other of its 
methods, when, from caprice, persuasion, or necessity, 
they exercise their utmost power for the attainment of 
their greatest speed. 
Photographic analysis demonstrates two systems of 
galloping ; one in which the foot-impacts individually 
succeed each other in a way that may be conveniently 
represented by the points of a cross— 
TRANSVERSE-GALLOP. 
the other, in which the limb movements and consequent 
foot-fallings succeed each other in a rotative manner, 
which may be roughly represented by a circle— 
RY-GALLOP. 
In these diagrams, the notation commences with the 
fall of a hind-foot on the ground after an unsupported 
transit of the body. 
To these two systems of galloping, the names of 
“ transverse-gallop ” and “ rotatory-gallop ” may appro¬ 
priately be given ; if they are too cumbersome for popular 
usage, the prefixes “cross'’ and “rota” respectively can, 
perhaps, be correctly applied. “Round” might have 
been used in association with the latter, but the word is 
already in use to imply a rapid progress by any gait. 
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