Stanford's race track, at Menlo Park" instead of "over the Palo Alto track". One version of "Abe Edgington" at a 2.24 gait appeared with the title The Stride of a Trotting Horse instead of The Horse in Motion, with a date of 11 June 1878 instead of 15 June 1878 and the text "over Mr. There are several editions of the cards, some with notable differences. (Plate numbers refer to the versions published in Muybridge's The Attitudes of Animals in Motion in 1881) "Occident," owned by Leland Stanford trotting at a 2:30 gait over the Sacramento track, in July 1877. Martin, trotting at a 2:20 gait over the Palo Alto track, 20 June 1878. "Occident," owned by Leland Stanford driven by C. Domm, running at a 1:40 gait over the Palo Alto track, 19 June 1878. "Sallie Gardner," owned by Leland Stanford ridden by G. Domm, cantering at an 8-minute gait over the Palo Alto track, 17 June 1878. "Mahomet," owned by Leland Stanford ridden by G. Martin, walking at a 15-minute gait over the Palo Alto track, 18 June 1878. "Abe Edgington," owned by Leland Stanford driven by C. "Abe Edgington," owned by Leland Stanford trotting at an 8-minute gait over the Palo Alto track, 18 June 1878. Martin, trotting at a 2:24 gait over the Palo Alto track, 15 June 1878. The cards were published by Morse's gallery from San Francisco and copyrighted in 1878 by Muybridge. Muybridge's work was commissioned by Leland Stanford, the industrialist, former Governor of California, and horseman, who was interested in horse gait analysis.Ĭard with "Sallie Gardner" in an altered 1879 edition It formed an important step in the development of motion pictures for years to come. The series became the first example of chronophotography, an early method to photographically record the passing of time, mainly used to document the different phases of locomotion for scientific study. An additional card reprinted the single image of the horse "Occident" trotting at high speed, which had previously been published by Muybridge in 1877. Muybridge shot the photographs in June 1878. The Horse in Motion is a series of cabinet cards by Eadweard Muybridge, including six cards that each show a sequential series of six to twelve "automatic electro-photographs" depicting the movement of a horse. Domm, running at a 1.40 gait over the Palo Alto track, 19th June, 1878 (1878 cabinet card, "untouched" version from original negatives)
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