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causing an awkward and uneven gait. Weight on the off hind was 

 the plan adopted. When he came into my hands for shoeing he was 

 shod as given in Fig. 137. Front feet were very steep (55), and the 

 hind feet were not equal in angle, besides being a good deal longer in 

 toe than the front feet, thus causing a pointing back of fore and a 

 pointing forward of hind. The average distance between fore and 

 hind was only 2.94 feet, while the overstep of hind over fore was 4.85 



55 



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Fl 0.137 



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feet for a stride of only 15.64 feet. There was also a visible influ- 

 ence of the retarded off hind on its correlated mate, the near fore. 



To show how the off hind was deficient in extension, it should 

 be mentioned that at times its extension was only 6 feet, while that of 

 near hind was 9 feet, making together a stride of 15 feet. Or, again, 

 it would be 6.90 feet and the near 9.05 feet, making a stride of 15.95 

 feet. Or, again, 6.90 feet, as against 8.70 feet of near, and so on. It 



