The exterior of the horse . execute any apparent movement, because this attitude implies that themuscular contraction is continued without the necessary intermissions. 440 THE EXTERIOR OF THE HORSE. Hence the animal, as soon as he is left to himself, will resume theattitude of free station in order to ease his different conditions may present themselves : 1. Either the members approach the centre of gravity two by two,and thus converg-e more or less by their hoofs. 2. Or they deviate from this centre,—that is to say, are inclined inan inverse sense, converge above and diverge bel
The exterior of the horse . execute any apparent movement, because this attitude implies that themuscular contraction is continued without the necessary intermissions. 440 THE EXTERIOR OF THE HORSE. Hence the animal, as soon as he is left to himself, will resume theattitude of free station in order to ease his different conditions may present themselves : 1. Either the members approach the centre of gravity two by two,and thus converg-e more or less by their hoofs. 2. Or they deviate from this centre,—that is to say, are inclined inan inverse sense, converge above and diverge below. 3. Or, finally, their direct axis is parallel to the vertical three situations constitute the attitudes in which the horse has been said, respectively, to rassembler, or gather up ; to camper,or stretch out ; and to * placer, or stand right up. Let us rapidlypass them in review. In the rassembler (Fig. 144), or gathering up, the four feetare brought towards the centre of the base of support, whose length is. Fig. 144.—The rassembler. Fig. 145.—The camper. less than three-fourths of the height of the horse. Hence there resultsa closing of most of the articular angles, as well as a lessened stabilityof the equilibrium : two causes of fatigue which soon oblige the animalto assume the attitude of free station. When thus gathered up heis ready to execute easily the principal movements,—-jumping, movingto the right, to the left, forward, or backward. In the riding-school theanimal is made to assume this attitude by combined actions of thehands and the legs. In the camper, or stretching out, on the contrary (Fig. 145),the members are respectively lengthened forward and backward fromthe body, which augments the extent of the base of support. Thelength of the latter then exceeds three-fourths of the height of thehorse. The dorso-lumbar region, in this case, is concave, sway-backed,and progression becomes difficult. The ])osterior members are incapa-ble of communic
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