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Various representations of the gallop.
Fig. 1.—From Géricault's picture, "The Epsom Derby, 1821."
Figs. 2 and 3.—From gold-work on the handle of a Mycenæan dagger, 1800 b.c.
Fig. 4.—From iron-work found at Koban, east of the Black Sea, dating from 500 b.c.
Fig. 5.—From Muybridge's instantaneous photograph of a fox-terrier, showing the probable origin of the pose of the "flying gallop" transferred from the dog to other animals by the Mycenæans.
Fig. 6.—The stretched-leg prance from the Bayeux tapestry (eleventh century).
Fig. 7.—The stretched-leg prance used to represent the gallop by Carle Vernet in 1760.
Fig. 8.—The stretched-leg prance used by early Egyptian artists.

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The Project Gutenberg eBook, More Science From an Easy Chair, by Sir E. Ray (Edwin Ray) Lankester Published in 1913
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