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shoe in front, with its two bars straight across the shoe, was in itself 

 a mistake for that subject, because it increased the elevation of the 

 front action, which was naturally rather high. Elsewhere I have 

 tried to show that excessive front elevation is likely to produce a low 

 and more direct forward action of the hind feet in which any greater 

 weight on the hind shoes will show by greater extension. In the 



Comparative. o.FFe.cts 



3.61 ft- fiver olish- 3.86 fr 

 16 J I ft - Stride, - /SJiff 



shoeings of Figs. 96 and 99 this effect can be noticed and will explain 

 again the reaching forward of the near hind foot. 



In this connection let us compare the shoeings of Fig. 96 and of 

 Fig. 106, the latter being, however, without toe-weights, and a sep- 

 arate trial. The first half of Fig. 107 gives its results. I shall place 

 them alongside of each other in Fig. 168 for a better survey of the 

 matter in hand. The comparison is apt because the stride in each 



