160 Gait of the American Trotter and Pacer 



and the reader will notice the abnormal large angle (n) of off hind r 

 which is the effect of the shoe employed. The intended effect of such 

 a shoe, namely, that of carrying the leg out, was not attained. We 

 still have the annoying position of same inwardly of off fore, with 

 the fault of excessive pointing out with toe which is caused by shoe. 

 This means that the foot was more or less checked in extension and 

 dragged along, with a resultant closing up of entire separation be- 



F/G.123 



Extensions 



F I O.I 28 



outside heels /in- 

 longer -on oursiac, 

 foe. heav/er anal wider. 



=- 290ft-. 



D//7 bet. pairs =".77 //. 



or 1. 32 in. 

 Average itt'tf. = 2.85ft. 



Lot/era/ exi 



tween the feet crosswise. Besides this we have a peculiar toeing 

 in of the foot carrying the toeweight, which is in part due to the 

 direction of off hind foot. Such an inward direction of the near 

 fore, or rather such a direction to the opposite side of its normal 

 direction, makes the total result doubly faulty. These directions may 

 be entirely due to faulty paring of feet, which is so an essential 

 matter in pointing, and often has been proved so in other experiments 

 more directly under my control. At any rate, we have seen the effect 



