Downhill and Uphill Trials Compared 



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roll to it to protect the ankles against shocks. Similar trials with 

 two other cases, where there was a tendency to knuckle over with 

 hind ankles, proved that the uphill trial was done in a better gait, 

 because the ankles did not have to bear the strain that the downhill 

 movements will produce. Such cases form no reasonable basis for 

 any deductions regarding the adjustment of shoes, but they show at 



FIG. 2 OS. 



402 



402 



52 



Extensions 

 Down Up 



5 in. 



Stride 



ll.6Zft. 1 1.36 ft. 

 D/5>t. cor r el. feet 

 3.38ft. 3.45 ft 



Overstep 



2 44 ft 2. 53 ft 



FIG. 2O6. 



63 



Extensions 

 Down up 



Stride 



1 1. 48 ft. 1 1. 5 Q ft. 

 Distcorrel.feet 

 320ft 3.40ft. 



Overstep 



ZSSft 2.64ft. 



least the effect of the grade ; and this may lead perhaps to some sug- 

 gestion by which the weakness may be supported. 



A high heel on the hind feet on this filly, for instance, had a 

 bad effect on her gait, especially when going downhill. In Fig. 205 

 we have 52 for hind heels, but at a trial with 54 and a few other 

 changes, she paced and single-footed. But again, in a trial of Fig. 



