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Who discovered the movement of horses using pictures?

There is a guy in San Francisco who used a series of pictures to discover the different movements of horses at a walk, trot, canter, and gallope. It shows that all 4 feet are off the ground at a full gallope, I need to know the name of this guy. Thanks!

Public Comments

1. boy, that's a true trivia question. best if you go to the moving pictures site or wikipedia. however, the whole event took place in SF, as you state, around late 1800s over a bet. three guys bet $$$ on whether horses' hooves left the ground at any time while traveling. one stated they did and the other two said no. a photo timed snaps were made at a local track and know what? horses hooves do leave the ground but not at four feet; more like two feet. however, all the fours left the ground, at the same time, and for a brief period, the horse is airborne. neat, huh? we all knew that but the snaps had to prove what was known to jockeys and other horse fanciers.
2. It was the English photographer Eadward Muybridge taken when he lived in San Francisco. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muybridge