. The horse, in the stables and the field: his varieties, management in health and disease, anatomy, physiology, etc . to bear more than its share of work, andhence, unless a change is occasionally made, the fetlock-joint of that legis almost sure to suffer. Ladies should therefore either trot for a part oftheir daily rides, or teach themselves and their horses to change the leadfrom that with the off-leg to that with the near. The canter is a three-time movement generally, as proved by photographstaken of heavy horses while in motion, but in the light riding-school hack,accustomed to make sho
. The horse, in the stables and the field: his varieties, management in health and disease, anatomy, physiology, etc . to bear more than its share of work, andhence, unless a change is occasionally made, the fetlock-joint of that legis almost sure to suffer. Ladies should therefore either trot for a part oftheir daily rides, or teach themselves and their horses to change the leadfrom that with the off-leg to that with the near. The canter is a three-time movement generally, as proved by photographstaken of heavy horses while in motion, but in the light riding-school hack,accustomed to make short collected movements, it may be one of four-time. As an example, commencing with the support of the off hind-limb, thesequence will be—(1) off hind, (2) off fore and near hind, (3) near fore,commonly but not always followed by a period of suspension before the off THE WALK 145 hind comes down. The leading fore-leg is that which does not form thediagonal support. THE WALK Before instantaneous photography had proved otherwise it used to bosupposed that two feet must necessarily be upon the ground at once while. the diagonals were advanced, and that the legs moving in pairs synchron-ously, four would be on the ground for a fraction of time. The camera
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