The Horse in Action : The Walk, Trot, Canter, Gallop and Jump

For thousands of years, man's artistic efforts to depict the rapid movements executed by horses were largely unsuccessful. Even the camera's eye in nineteenth-century films frequently failed to accurately record a true picture. Henry Wynmalen, a noted equestrian authority, and illustrator Michael Lyne were among the first to clearly define and depict the sequence of maneuvers made by the horse in its varied gaits. Their profusely illustrated study documents equine movement in chapters covering the walk, trot, canter, gallop, jump, and racing.