Detail of the Track at Leland Stanford's Horse Farm in Palo Alto

Detail of the Track at Leland Stanford's Horse Farm in Palo Alto

The Horse in Motion as Shown by Instantaneous Photography. With a Study on Animal Mechanics Founded On Anatomy and the Revelations Of The Camera. Executed and Published Under The Auspices of Leland Stanford

The Horse in Motion

Plate Number 571. "Johnson" hauling

Plate Number 567. "Billy" hauling

Plate Number 607. "Lizzie M." trotting, harnessed to sulky

Plate Number 588. "Reuben" walking, harnessed to sulky

Plate Number 612. "Dercum" trotting, harnessed to sulky

Plate Number 565. "Dusel" hauling

Plate Number 616. "Daisy" cantering, saddled

Plate Number 594. "Pronto" pacing, harnessed to sulky

Plate Number 613. "Nellie Rose" trotting, harnessed to sulky