The exterior of the horse . d himself to be guided by theoretical conditions. Those whoadmit equal intervals between the four beats thought they saw moreclearness in this kind of rhythm and a better-marked distinction be-tween it and the amble and the trot. Others have sought, in the walk which served as their type, therealization of a certain ideal. For Raabe this ideal was the maximumstability which is obtained, according to theory, when the body restslonger upon the diagonal than on the lateral bipeds, hence his selectionof the type represented by notation No. 6. Lecoq, thinking, on thecont
The exterior of the horse . d himself to be guided by theoretical conditions. Those whoadmit equal intervals between the four beats thought they saw moreclearness in this kind of rhythm and a better-marked distinction be-tween it and the amble and the trot. Others have sought, in the walk which served as their type, therealization of a certain ideal. For Raabe this ideal was the maximumstability which is obtained, according to theory, when the body restslonger upon the diagonal than on the lateral bipeds, hence his selectionof the type represented by notation No. 6. Lecoq, thinking, on thecontrary, that the best step is the swiftest, chose as his type that inwhich the body rests longer upon the lateral biped than upon thediagonal (notation No. 4). The reader will therefore not be surprised now that our own viewsdiffer from those of the authors who have preceded us. Let him notfor an instant lose sight of the fact that the gaits, as a whole, constitute > Marey, loc. cit., p. 153. 502 THE EXTERIOR OF THE Fig. 192.—Synopsis of the notations of the gaits of the hor>e, after the auihurs. No. 2. No. 4. No. 5. Avible, by all authors. Broken amble, according to Merche,Vallon. Running walk, Bouley. Ordinary pace of gaited horse, Mazure. Broken amble, Bouley. Hacking, Bourgelat, Lecoq. Normal ivalk, Lecoq. Normal, walk, Solieysel, Bourgelat, Vin-cent and Goiffon, Colin, Bouley,Merche. Run)iing walk, Vallon. No. 6 ?r: Normal walk, Raabe, Vallon, Lenobledu Teil. No. 7. Broken trot ; 8 -f Ordinary trot. (The time of projec-l tion has not been noted.) No 9 -f Normandy gait, Racking, Vallon. No. 10. Racking, Merche. THE GAITS IN PARTICULAR. 503 a series («i . ., a^ . ., a^ . ., a^ . ., a^ . ., aj whose termsare not all named or even known ; that these terms, nevertheless, existand presumably constitute particular forms of adaptation of a gait tosuch or such service ; finally, that their list can increase only by theemployment of more
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