1 86 Gait of the American Trotter and Pacer 



Dividing the actual difference by 2, we have, as before, a very 

 small difference in fore extension, but a very large difference in hind, 

 as above noted. The average distance between the extremities was in 

 this case 3.12 feet. 



Then followed a shoeing at the usual interval of three weeks 

 which was also not quite correct. It appears in Fig. 145. The equal 

 lengths of toe in fore put the extension of off fore back to where it 

 was ; and the square toe on the off hind facilitated action and counter- 

 acted the greater weight on near hind and its own steeper angle. 



Extensions 



FIG. 146 



JjJain. but- 

 web thicker 



' heels 



Square /"oe 



FIG. 14-5 



b c = 2^.62 ft . 

 -/>/// .63 ft . 



or 7.S6 m. 



Average. ~ 2.34- ft 

 Stride = 16.18 ft 



We have therefore the same faulty extension on off side, with 

 which a trotter can never accomplish a square gait. The distance be- 

 tween fore and hind (2.94 ft.) is also smaller than it should be for the 

 stride of 16.18 feet. 



The following shoeing was done according to the indications of 

 the previous trials, and appears in Fig. 147. The result of it was a 

 somewhat better gait and a greater extension of near hind, together 

 with a checking of off hind extension. The off fore again extends 

 more than near fore by 3.6 inches, slightly more than in Fig. 146. 

 While its distance from near hind increased by 0.21 ft. (3.46 3.25) 



