Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art.animation, started 18 Feb 1998.
horse gaits
alt.ascii-art.animation
· 4 messages · 18 Feb 1998 - 22 Feb 1998
Some time ago, in alt.ascii-art, in article <CJ9...@xemu.demon.co.uk>, Dave Bird---St Hippo of Augustine <Dev...@xemu.demon.co.uk> wrote: > Has anyone done an animation of animals showing all the real-life > four legged walking patterns ("gaits"), which can all be observed > in domestic cats if you have cats at home. > > (A) SLOW WALK. The legs act in diagonally opposite pairs: > 1. LeftRear forward 2 RightFront 3 RightRear 4 RightFront, > in four time units the animal is one pace forward. > > (B) TROT. If it was a pantomime horse the front and back back > pairs would be exactly _out_of_ step i.e. the legs on the left > side scissor inwards as the legs on the right side scissor > outwards, then oppositely. The diagonally opposite pairs that > are _out_ do the work, hitting the ground and swinging over the > foot then lifting off the ground in their furthest back position. > > (C) CANTER. The left front and rear go forward in step as the > right front and rear go back in step, so there's a definite > side to side sway. > > (D) GALLOP. Both rear legs scissor forward together as both front > legs scissor back together, the forward legs hit the ground and > swing over the foot raising off the ground at the rearmos position > and swinging forward for the next stride. > > A-B-C-D are increasingly fast and demanding of energy. > > There is also (E) FOUR LEGGED HOP [PRONKING]. Speaks for itself: > hop vertically in the air on all foutr legs at once. With the help of Shimrod (what am I saying? It's entirely his Javascripting!), all the gaits (except pronking) are now viewable if you have Netscape Navigator 3.01 or MSIE 4.0 with the Javascript enabled at: http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/horsegaits.htm NOTE: If you hit the reply button, add an "e" to the "freent"; its absense is to stop the torment of automatic mailers. -- / ha www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/ ~, \,^^%--- ha cq5...@freenet.toronto.on.ca /)\~__> \ ha llizard aka ejm ' | \~_>^_ ~ _| )_\_( )~~~ / \| /_\ ejm98 \ /
llizard wrote: > > Some time ago, in alt.ascii-art, in article > <CJ9...@xemu.demon.co.uk>, Dave Bird---St Hippo of Augustine > <Dev...@xemu.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > > Has anyone done an animation of animals showing all the real-life > > four legged walking patterns ("gaits"), which can all be observed > > in domestic cats if you have cats at home. > > > > (A) SLOW WALK. The legs act in diagonally opposite pairs: > > 1. LeftRear forward 2 RightFront 3 RightRear 4 RightFront, > > in four time units the animal is one pace forward. > > > > (B) TROT. If it was a pantomime horse the front and back back > > pairs would be exactly _out_of_ step i.e. the legs on the left > > side scissor inwards as the legs on the right side scissor > > outwards, then oppositely. The diagonally opposite pairs that > > are _out_ do the work, hitting the ground and swinging over the > > foot then lifting off the ground in their furthest back position. > > > > (C) CANTER. The left front and rear go forward in step as the > > right front and rear go back in step, so there's a definite > > side to side sway. > > > > (D) GALLOP. Both rear legs scissor forward together as both front > > legs scissor back together, the forward legs hit the ground and > > swing over the foot raising off the ground at the rearmos > > position and swinging forward for the next stride. > > > > A-B-C-D are increasingly fast and demanding of energy. > > > > There is also (E) FOUR LEGGED HOP [PRONKING]. Speaks for itself: > > hop vertically in the air on all foutr legs at once. > > With the help of Shimrod (what am I saying? It's entirely his > Javascripting!), all the gaits (except pronking) are now viewable > if you have Netscape Navigator 3.01 or MSIE 4.0 with the Javascript > enabled at: > > http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/horsegaits.htm > I've refined the animation some more, and added pronking at: http://fmf.ml.org/~shimrod/asciiart/llizardhorse.html Greetz, -- (`. ____________________________ \ `. / __/ / / / /_ / /_ / ) `._..---._ \__ \ \ \ \_\ \ \ \ \_\ \ \`. __...---` o ) /___/_/_/_/_/ /_/_/_/___/___/ \ `._,--' , ___,' Herman Hiddema ---------------------- ) ,-._ \ ) _,-' ----------- mailto:shi...@fmf.ml.org /,' ``--.._____\/--'' http://fmf.ml.org/~shimrod ----------
In article <34E...@wing.rug.nl>, Shimrod <csg...@wing.rug.nl> wrote: > > llizard wrote: > > > > Some time ago, in alt.ascii-art, in article > > <CJ9...@xemu.demon.co.uk>, Dave Bird---St Hippo of Augustine > > <Dev...@xemu.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > Has anyone done an animation of animals showing all the real-life > > > four legged walking patterns ("gaits"), which can all be observed > > > in domestic cats if you have cats at home. > > > > > > (A) SLOW WALK. The legs act in diagonally opposite pairs: [snip] > > > (B) TROT. If it was a pantomime horse the front and back back [snip] > > > (C) CANTER. The left front and rear go forward in step as the [snip] > > > (D) GALLOP. Both rear legs scissor forward together as both front [snip] > > > There is also (E) FOUR LEGGED HOP [PRONKING]. Speaks for itself: > > > hop vertically in the air on all foutr legs at once. > > > > With the help of Shimrod (what am I saying? It's entirely his > > Javascripting!), all the gaits (except pronking) are now viewable > > if you have Netscape Navigator 3.01 or MSIE 4.0 with the Javascript > > enabled at: > > > > http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/horsegaits.htm > > I've refined the animation some more, and added pronking at: > > http://fmf.ml.org/~shimrod/asciiart/llizardhorse.html > > Greetz, > -- > (`. ____________________________ > \ `. / __/ / / / /_ / /_ / > ) `._..---._ \__ \ \ \ \_\ \ \ \ \_\ \ > \`. __...---` o ) /___/_/_/_/_/ /_/_/_/___/___/ > \ `._,--' , ___,' Herman Hiddema ---------------------- > ) ,-._ \ ) _,-' ----------- mailto:shi...@fmf.ml.org > /,' ``--.._____\/--'' http://fmf.ml.org/~shimrod ---------- . ha ^^^^%--- ha " \ ha Hilarious. I am in danger of losing my head once again. I will make an attempt at pronking on my page when I get a chance. But thanks for the laugh. I needed it. NOTE: If you hit the reply button, add an "e" to the "freent"; its absense is to stop the torment of automatic mailers. -- ,^^,_| www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/ < \_ ^ cq5...@freenet.toronto.on.ca < __ llizard aka ejm ^^ \ / ^%--- ejm97 / \ oh oh ...maybe not THAT much
In article <34E...@freent.toronto.on.ca>, llizard wrote: > > In article <34E...@wing.rug.nl>, Shimrod <csg...@wing.rug.nl> > wrote: > > > > llizard wrote: > > > > > > Some time ago, in alt.ascii-art, in article > > > <CJ9...@xemu.demon.co.uk>, Dave Bird---St Hippo of Augustine > > > <Dev...@xemu.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > > > Has anyone done an animation of animals showing all the real-life > > > > four legged walking patterns ("gaits"), which can all be observed > > > > in domestic cats if you have cats at home. > > > > > > > > (A) SLOW WALK. The legs act in diagonally opposite pairs: > [snip] > > > > (B) TROT. If it was a pantomime horse the front and back back > [snip] > > > > (C) CANTER. The left front and rear go forward in step as the > [snip] > > > > (D) GALLOP. Both rear legs scissor forward together as both front > [snip] > > > > There is also (E) FOUR LEGGED HOP [PRONKING]. Speaks for itself: > > > > hop vertically in the air on all foutr legs at once. > > > > > > With the help of Shimrod (what am I saying? It's entirely his > > > Javascripting!), all the gaits (except pronking) are now viewable > > > if you have Netscape Navigator 3.01 or MSIE 4.0 with the Javascript > > > enabled at: > > > > > > http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/horsegaits.htm > > > > I've refined the animation some more, and added pronking at: > > > > http://fmf.ml.org/~shimrod/asciiart/llizardhorse.html > > > > Greetz, > > -- > > (`. ____________________________ > > \ `. / __/ / / / /_ / /_ / > > ) `._..---._ \__ \ \ \ \_\ \ \ \ \_\ \ > > \`. __...---` o ) /___/_/_/_/_/ /_/_/_/___/___/ > > \ `._,--' , ___,' Herman Hiddema ---------------------- > > ) ,-._ \ ) _,-' ----------- mailto:shi...@fmf.ml.org > > /,' ``--.._____\/--'' http://fmf.ml.org/~shimrod ---------- > . > ha > ^^^^%--- ha > " \ ha > > Hilarious. > > I am in danger of losing my head once again. I will make an attempt at > pronking on my page when I get a chance. [snip] Well, I made the attempt. I'm not sure that it's much more convincing than yours, Shimrod. http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/horsegaitsinclpr.htm NOTE: If you hit the reply button, add an "e" to the "freent"; its absense is to stop the torment of automatic mailers. -- / ha www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/ () ~, \,^^%--- ha cq5...@freenet.toronto.on.ca /| /)\~__> \ ha llizard aka ejm ()//| ' \ \~_>^_ ~ The next thing ||/|| _| )_\_( )~~~ I want to try || / /_ ` \ is jumping! || ejm98 \`
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