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Gait of the American Trotter and Pacer 



correction exerted on the fore legs should be borne in mind. In this 

 case it was necessary to improve the extension of the off hind, and in 

 accomplishing that we increased the extension of its correlated leg or 

 the near fore. It seems impossible for a trotter to take the turns well 



unless the off hind leg has a free swing forward and unless, likewise, 

 the near fore takes the lead ahead of the off fore. 



The case wound up with an excess of extensions in b(3th near fore 

 and off hind. It may, therefore, become necessary to modify such 

 excess by the various means at our command. The principal point *at 



