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Gait of the American Trotter and Pacer 



the change we now come to the last shoeing of Fig. 188. Here the 

 near fore is stopped still more by a slightly steeper angle and the near 

 hind is modified in its adjustment by a lower angle and a heavier shoe ; 

 and the off hind by a difference in toe length of M.G inch, this being 

 a little more than in Fig. 187 (3%6:3 5 /iG). 



The results speak for themselves in the average extensions of the 

 four feet and the distances between the diagonal pairs. Through in- 



F/G./83, 



Extensions : 



4-.Q2 

 in 



FI6.I88. 



of-nh = 3. 51 ft 

 rtf-oh = M?// 

 Dtff = ,07ft 



Stride = 15.5 ft 

 = 3 #8 ft 



+.02 in. 

 2. 82 in 

 /.20//1 



i in. greater ( v 

 extension of hind. }. 



1. 8 in 



of-nh-' 3..54-H. 

 Diff. = .02 ft. 



or. 2+ in. 

 Sfrfc/e ^ 

 Hist. 



2.8 2 in 



creased length of off hind, the forward reach of that leg was also in- 

 creased, while through the greater angle the reach of near fore was 

 also checked, so that we have a greater approach between these two 

 feet (3.44 feet). Again, the increased reach of near hind also re- 

 duces the distance between it and the off fore, so that there also we 

 have a closer approach (3.51 feet), giving us a smaller general aver- 

 age distance of only 3.48 feet as compared with 3.69 feet of Fig. 187. 



