SPEED OF ANIMALS.
No animal is known to have ex-» seeded the speed attained by thie horse. Instantaneous photographs of one famous specimen showed the full length of one complete stride of about 26 feet. In the stride of the fastest racers the hind quarters -and limbs are raised considerably higher than the shoulders, and from this relatively great height are brought downward and forward widely separated from each other, to avoid striking the fore legs. The hare has not in reality the speed of a dog. The dog, on the other hand, does riot attain the speed of a horse. The giraffe is said to run at the rate of 15 yards' per second under the most favorable conditions.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume IX, Issue 735, 9 January 1915, Page 7
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120SPEED OF ANIMALS. King Country Chronicle, Volume IX, Issue 735, 9 January 1915, Page 7
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