Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1884-08-19
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Interesting experiments In instantane-
Gus photography are being made by
Edward Muybridge at the university of
Pennsylvania A space on the college
grounds has been set apart with high
board fence surrounding three. sides of
the inoaosure: the fence has been painted
a bright white On the fourth side
there is she'd covered with black
material, while the ground Is covered
with an inch of coal dust. This Is the
background and directly opposite is
little structure, with an open front. con
tanning twelve cameras. Saturday the
lenses We're covered with double rubber
shutters, and each was held IN place by
latch. Each of these latches was con
neeted with wire and so arranged that
the closing of an electric circuit would
iberate the shutters and for the thou
sandth part of a second permit light to
shine into the camera
A splendidly developed young student,
a member of the university crew,
stripped to the skin, was photographed
in various attitudes. He took his posi-
ton in front of the row of cameras At
a signal he seized bucket of water,
raised it IN the air and tossed away the
contents The instant he moved, Mr.
Muybridge touched an electric button.
A series of sharp clicks sounded as in
rapid succession the shutters of each
camera were freed As the last click
sounded the water was falling TO the
ground, and twice photographs had been
taken of the young man, representing
twelve phases of the movements through
which his body went while lifting the
pail and emptying it of water. Even
the water itself was photographed as just
leaving the pail, again as falling, and
again as reaching the ground
The young athlete was also photo
graphed, pulling rowing. machine,
climbing ladder, striking ball, and
other movements designed to bring his
muscles into full play. The actions and
motions of two cripples were successfully
transferred to plate Studies We're made
of a nude female model. Instead of a
row of cameras exposed in succession,
six cameras were concentrated upon the
models figure-one in front, one be
hind, and four others SO as to give side
views at different angles-and all We're
exposed simultaneously for a fraction OF
the second during which she was making
the specified movement.
Mr. Muybridfe's experiments are
under the supervision of a committee of
the university faculty, composed of Pro-
vost Pepper, Professor Harrison Allen,
DR.. Leidy, Professor George F. Barker,
Professor Marks, Professor Huidekeper
of the veterinary department, Professor
Aikens of the academy of fine arts, and
DIR. Dercum.
Photographs win be taken to show
the consecutive phases of motion of Sc
lected men and women while performing
muscular exercises and different me-
chanical operations, as carpentry and
blacksmithing; the movements of per-
sons suffering from palsy and diseases OF
the joints, showing exactly how the gait
is affected, and analysing accurately the
abnormal action of the muscles; the
movements of horses, dogs, and other
animals at different rates of speed; the
aerial locomotion of birds on the wing.
and the methods of propulsion of marine
mammals, aquatic birds and fish.
The Aacret OF Breeding Race.Horses.
BELLS Life.l
While the purchasers of Lord Fal
mouths mares must be thinking Of what
they must do in the future, iomay not be
amiss to say few words respecting the
great success that has attended the
Cornish nobleman as a breeder Of blood
stock 1t is admitted on all sides that
his success in this department has bee
unrivalled, and that even the achieve
ments of Sir Joseph Hawley and Mr.
Merry cannot be compared with the
efforts of the noble lord during the
period he has devoted to the rearing OF
race-horses. 1t is my purpose to say
something on the theory praotised b
Lord Falmouth, which perhaps explains
more than anything his unexampled
success.
The late DR.. Shorthouse always de
manded as a sine qua non in the pro
duction of really first-class racer tina,
the stout and really excellent bloc
should prepo1derate on the side of til,
dam, and fcf stud horse vice versa,
i. E., that the stouter blood should be OIL
the sire's side. On this principle ha
Lord Falmouth acted, and by means 0.
may be explained The tap-roots of the
now scattered Mereworth stud are Sill
verhair, Hurricane, and Queen Bertha
and all three were racers of some merit
These mares, it should be noticed, wer,
very stoutly bred, and their stout bloc
largely predominated on the dams side
and this is a desideratum in a brooo
mare, although a great drawback and
preventive of success in sire.
| have no space in the present article
but will some time endeavor to show
that where male members of a certain
family have been great failures at tn
stud, as in the cases of King Tom,
Stockwell, Rataplan, Melbourne, Or
lando, ETC.. whose sons were mostly con
spicuous failures, their daughters were,
on the contrary, great successes On tn
other hand, the sons of Newminster, as
rule, did very well at the stud, but
very few of his daughters produced ami
mails Of any merit. Excellence of blood
is maintained in the female line for a
considerable length of time, and to this
is due the success which has attended
Lord Falmouth as breeder.