242 Gait of the American Trotter and Pacer 



them. As it is, they are supposed to remedy what the trainer him- 

 self cannot often explain to them. They are really overburdened with 

 responsibility. 



While, therefore, many of the effects of the angle and the 

 length of the foot were anticipated in the experiments given, the fur- 

 ther demonstration of the facts and figures involved will not be amiss 

 in point of argument. 



The terms "low toe" and "high toe" used by David Roberge are 

 entirely misleading and erroneous in my opinion, for the toe can in 



60' 



Fron fat length oF foe : 



AL ,AM, AD, AN - 3& in. 



Length -from foe/b/tee/ 

 AB- Sin 



of heel- 

 C B~ Ifr/n C P ~ IVa/n CR - 2 fit in. 



len$thw/se Vertical Jetf/o/? of //oof 



reality be only long or short according to the distances along the 

 frontal surface of hoof from coronet to tip or end of hoof. When 

 the toe appears to be either "high" or "low" that difference and the 

 various shades of it lie in the height of the heel, for it is the heel that 

 determines the angle of the foot. The same toe may appear short 

 with a high heel, as the foot L A R in Fig. 182 will indicate, and again y 

 it may appear long with a low heel, as D A B will show. 



The term "length of toe" should, therefore, always be used in con- 

 junction with the angle of the foot, or the height of the heel. In the 

 illustration the toe A D is for all positions of the heel a fixed quan- 



