The exterior of the horse . inary gallop, consti- ;tutes the long silence. l An inverse change produces the ltransition from the gallop to the trot, as ;can be seen in Fig. 260. i IS awhich E.—Leaping. Definition.—Leapingprogressive movement inthe body is completely separatedfrom the groimd to be projectedforward and upward by the suddenimpulsion given by the four mem-bers. The latter act, according tcthe case, simultaneously, in pairs,or separately. This mode of pro-gression, exacting a large amountof force, is not accomplished by allhorses with equal facility. It takespart, at times, in some
The exterior of the horse . inary gallop, consti- ;tutes the long silence. l An inverse change produces the ltransition from the gallop to the trot, as ;can be seen in Fig. 260. i IS awhich E.—Leaping. Definition.—Leapingprogressive movement inthe body is completely separatedfrom the groimd to be projectedforward and upward by the suddenimpulsion given by the four mem-bers. The latter act, according tcthe case, simultaneously, in pairs,or separately. This mode of pro-gression, exacting a large amountof force, is not accomplished by allhorses with equal facility. It takespart, at times, in some gaits, ]iar- ticularly the trot and the gallop, but is executed by the animal spe-cially under many circumstances. Divisions.—Leaping, properly so called, may be (Fig. 261) as-cending, longitudinal, and, finally, descending. All other divisions 570 THE EXTERIOR OF THE HORSE. appear useless to us, for leaping is produced in tlie horse neither ver-tically nor in a retrograde manner, as it is seen in some other Fig. 2f)l.—Scheme of the three principal varieties of leaps. As to leaping to one side, it is only a variety of one of those whichwe iiave enumerated above ; it, therefore, need not occupy our attention. 1st. The Ascending Leap, or the Leap over a Barrier.—Itis this variety which we will take for a type. Steeple-chasers andhunters, which have to clear ditches, fences, and walls, as in Englandand America in tlie popular fox-hunts, execute it most frequently, eitherwithout modifying their speed if the barrier is not too high, or, on thecontrary, with a certain fixation of the feet during a momentary periodof arrest, permitting them to recognize the nature and the height ofthe obstacle. In certain cases the body does not fall to the same levelas that of its point of departure, when, for example, the horse, intraversing a meadow, leaps over ditches and embankments which liealong the route, and then continues his course upon this route. However it may be, th
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