April 10 Blog Eadweard Muybridge: Pioneer of the First Horse Locomotion Horse Cartoons, Google Doodle, Horse History Horse Lovers Rejoice! Yesterday's "Google Doodle" was the first animation by Eadweard Muybridge, which he composed to answer the question of whether a horse's four legs are airborne at the same time while trotting. Why did Google choose to feature such a doodle? Yesterday would have been his 182nd Birthday. The images produced were viewed on a device that Muybridge invented called the zoopraxiscope, through the device the images appeared to be in motion. The slow-motion images showed ...