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Gait of the American Trotter and Pacer 



of shoe were equal as regards either the two fore or the two hind feet, 

 the former could be effectively used to regulate the gait of the filly. 

 The following season this filly was again shod on the old plan, 

 namely, 9 oz. in front and 6 oz. behind, with an angle of 48 on fore 

 and of 52 on hind, the front toes being 3^ in. and the hind ones 3^ 

 in. The shapes of the shoes were the same as before. While the fore 

 showed a fairly good hold of ground, the hind plain shoes slipped now 

 at heels, now at toes. Fig. 153 gives the extensions of that shoeing and 



swelled heels 



Extensions : 



i. 4-4- in. 



FIG. 152: 



vf-oh = 3.26fr. 

 oF-nh - 



or 2.28 in. 

 average, =. 3.18ft. 

 Stride - 14-joft. 

 overstep 3.88 f/ 



.84-in. 



of-nh = 

 diff. = 



or 



diff above = 2.34 in . 

 du e /o gr&a fer -30 in . 

 extension offiinol=.02S ft 

 aueraqe, - 3.^6 ft . 

 6tricte = 15.65 Ft. 

 Fore. * l5.6+Ft.hind^S.69ft. 

 diff * - in . 



trial. We still have the greater activity of the hind legs ; in fact, it is 

 too plainly seen in the two averages of the fore (15.64) and of the 

 hind (15.69). While I still contend that the average stride for all 

 four legs must be the same, the small difference between fore and 

 hind average in this as well as in a former case serves to indicate a lack 

 of harmony between the fore and hind action. In a square gait such 

 differences do not appear and can not exist. The average distance 

 between extremities is again closer than it had been and by observa- 



