There is a common myth out there that the position of a horse's feet in a statue can tell you something of how the rider died - two feet up means the rider died in battle, one means of wounds sustained in battle, and all four feet down means the death was unrelated to battle. And that is a very cool thing to think ... but it isn't true. Sure, there are plenty of statues out there that follow that pattern, but there are many - including this one of General Thomas J. Jackson "standing like a stone wall" at the Manassas National Battlefield in Virginia - that simply don't. General Jackson did fight, win, and survive two different battles on this field. But Jackson didn't die of causes unrelated to battle - he was shot three times on May 2, 1863, in Chancellorsville, and died a few days later. At a minimum, one of these horse's feet should be raised. This is one example - there are many - so be careful out there!
A Constant State of Hunger 