The horse in the stable and the field : his varieties, management in health and disease, anatomy, physiology, etc. . always falls within a triangle because the horse rests on two front legs, andone hind one, but not on two only. The duration of time in which the. centre of gravity has but two supports is diminished by one foot holdingthe ground while the other is advanced. As to which foot shall be put forward when a horse commences to walkwill depend on habit or convenience. One trained to stand to attention (not resting a hind-leg as he otherwise would) will lead off with his near THE TROT 1
The horse in the stable and the field : his varieties, management in health and disease, anatomy, physiology, etc. . always falls within a triangle because the horse rests on two front legs, andone hind one, but not on two only. The duration of time in which the. centre of gravity has but two supports is diminished by one foot holdingthe ground while the other is advanced. As to which foot shall be put forward when a horse commences to walkwill depend on habit or convenience. One trained to stand to attention (not resting a hind-leg as he otherwise would) will lead off with his near THE TROT 147 fore, if a well-trained saddle-horse, but if standing at ease without bit orbridle, he will be as likely to use one limb as another. When desiring to increase the pace he extends the length of the strides,making them uniform and only breaking into a trot when a difficulty is•experienced in any further extension. The walk is a four-time movement, the limbs moving one after the otherin about half the time which is occupied in one step. In the case of the well-trained saddle-horse referred to above, and inwhich the lead is taken with the near fore, the sequence will be—(1) nearfore, (2) off hind, (3) off fore, (4) near hind ; while if the animals move
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