2io . Gait of the American l rotter and Pacer 



both heel and toe. Besides, its greater extension draws with it the off 

 hind in this case. In this shoeing the feet with the square toes follow 

 behind those with the round toes. We shall refer to this again in 

 other cases. 



In the shoeing of Fig. 161 the squared toes were reversed; that 

 is to say, the other pair of correlated feet were so shod. The result 



77 h 



oh 



Extensions : 



FIG. 1 61. 



Listof-nh 3.52ft. 

 Distnf'Oh = 3.20ft. 

 dif f. = .32ft, 



or 3. 84 in, 

 Autrag* clist. - 3.36 //. 



shows a decreased extension of the squared near fore and a somewhat 

 increased extension of the squared hind. We should, however, take 

 into consideration the lesser angle of off hind foot, which difference 

 would in itself tend toward a greater forward extension. We can 

 notice the effect of weight on near fore and also the direct effect of 

 squared toe, but behind this is not so evident. The off hind was always 



