Have you ever wondered why the legs of the statues are placed in different positions

Those statues are called Equestrian statue. An Equestrian statue is nothing but a rider mounted on a horse. The word Eques is derived from a Latin word horse. A statue of a riderless horse is called as an equine statue.

An urban legend states how the rider died by the attitude of his/her horse in an equestrian statue.

If two hooves are lifted then the rider died in the battle.
If one Hoof is lifted then the rider injured in the battle.
If all hooves are on the ground then the rider died in other ways.

In the United States, the rule is especially held to apply to the equestrian statues commemorating the American civil war and the battle of Gettysburg.

Washington has more equestrian statues than any other city in the United States. It has more than thirty horse statues. In these statues, ten of the thirty equestrian statues only match the code, Showing that it is not reliable for reading the history of the rider.

In Washington and London, these rules won't follow. but most of the Indian statues are on these rules.

Some of the examples to confirm the hoof code :

1. Francis Asbury – All hooves on the Ground(died in peace).
   

2. John Wesley – All hooves on the ground (Died in peace).
   

3. John Dill – All hooves on the ground (died of Leukemia).
   

4. Major General John A. Logan - one hoof raised( Dies in peace, Twice wounded).
   

5. Major General Winfield Scott Hancock - One hoof raised ( Wounded in Battle)
   

Have you ever wondered why the legs of the statues are placed in different positions