Word: hind
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...means of the instantaneous system of photography the lecturer had obtained a series of views of a moving horse, which gave correctly every attitude, and which have settled conclusively many vexed questions. It was clearly shown that in walking a horse touches the ground with his left lateral hind foot, left lateral fore foot, right lateral hind foot and right lateral fore foot, in the order named. Two and sometimes three feet in the walk and amble are always on the ground. In the trot, rack, canter and run the horse in certain positions does not touch the ground...
...riding me; and once, after a brief but interesting struggle, I found myself, by a succession of wonderful convolutions, so intricately interwoven with the spokes and hub and rubber tire of the front wheel that I seemed to be a natural and necessary part of its construction; while the hind wheel had thrown itself jauntily into the air, and, with its rapid revolutions, was playing sweet &AEolian melodies against the margin of my ear. All this was more or less discouraging, but I was mastering the art, so I still writhed along. But now comes the saddest chapter in this...