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Gait of the American Trotter and Pacer 



It will be noticed that the near fore is i more in angle than the 

 off fore. It was assumed that such a greater angle facilitated the 

 leverage of the dished toe. A dished toe naturally forms a lower angle 

 with the heel than a toe with a straight frontal line. Fig. 141 will il- 



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F/G. 140 



f/O. HI 



cad = L elf 

 Co, e, - L c3 d 

 L. C b oL is true ang/e of foot 



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Dish, of -n?i ~ 3.05 ft: 

 Dist. ?if-oh ' 3.00 ft . 

 D/'ff .05ft. 



o r. 6 in . 



Average 3.03ft. 



J/yvo'e J 6. 77 ft. 



lustrate this difference. Here the angle c-a-d is less than the angle 

 c-b-d, because the point of toe at "a" is farther removed from the 

 point of heel "d"' than the point "b." The true angle of the foot is 

 really c-b-d, with the dished toe rasped off to some extent, because the 



