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293', gives horse confidence, 294; 

 great study required for, 314. 



BARS Across shoe, 114; direction by 

 tilting, 131, 136; on one hind, 134; 

 at heels, 155; three shoeings with, 

 221. 



BEAUTY Of axes of motion, 97; with 

 symmetry, 102; suggests efficiency, 

 165. 



BERICO (trotter) Origin of, 27. 



BETTING A drawback, 309. 



BODY Center of gravity in, 18, 20, 61 ; 

 lengthening of and strain, 187. 



BREAK-OVER At toe, 68; at least re- 

 sistance, 104; with squared toes, 

 193 ; by heel calks, 201 ; Lou Dil- 

 lon's, 204; against knee hitting, 

 249; on inclines, 282. 



BROOD-MARE Care of, 306. 



CALIFORNIA As a producer of harness 

 horses, 309. 



CALKS Leverage and hold of, 114; on 

 hind, 156, 158, 160, 162, 207, 209; 

 as checks of extension, 200, 276; at 

 toe, 256 ; removed from hind, 257 ; 

 for action, 288. 



CENTER OF GRAVITY Line of motion, 3; 

 center of symmetry, 8; location, 

 18, 20; point of reference, 19; di- 

 rection, 61 ; shifting at turns, 128. 



CHARACTER Evolution of, 306. 



CHECK-LINE Unnatural, I ; cruelty 

 and humane use of, 115. 



CLAY (trotter) In motion, 33; com- 

 parative action, 167. 



COMPENSATIONS Definition and im- 

 portance, 16; effects of, 21, in Lou 

 Dillon's gait, 64; deviations from 

 straight line at trials, 81 ; in study 

 of gait, 91; rule of, 101-102; caus- 

 ing equilibrium, 293. 



CONCUSSION (on ground) Absent in 

 easy gait, 46; due to angles and 

 quarters, 108; of outside hind 

 heel, 154; from lack of balance, 

 240; of both hind heels, 249; 

 double imprint, 251. 



CONFORMATION Table of notes for, 93. 



CONTACT (with ground) By heel 

 first, 107; normal appearance, 108; 

 dilatory with hind, 124; hard with 

 hind, 249; marked at toe, 259; 

 marked at heels, 270; premature 

 in mixed gait, 270. 



CORD (white) For lateral measure- 

 ments; see Median Line. 



CORONET Its height, 95. 



CORRELATED FEET Definition, 12; their 

 equal movements in trot, 13; same 

 in pace, 14 ; table for trot, 54 ; dis- 

 tances the same, 55 ; table for pace, 

 77; increased by stride, 132; syn- 

 chronous contact of, 124; dis- 

 tances on incline, 196; distances 

 equal, 205, 298; distances impor- 

 tant, 262, 265; positions on 

 ground, 268; in single-footing, 

 273; time-beats of, 274; table for 

 trot, 301. . 



COW-HOCKED Attitude, 100. 



CROSS-FIRING Definition, 14; explana- 

 tion, 42. 



CROSSING OVER (of fore) Lou Dillon, 

 54; in overstep, 57; tracks given, 

 63; in lateral extension, 149; over 

 median line, 153; of Sweet Marie, 

 205. 



CRUELTY Of check-line, 115; abetted, 

 313; primeval, 314. 



CURB Due to excessive extension, 

 248. 



CURVES Of motion, 25 ; . deviations 

 counteracted, 81 ; of action, 169- 

 170; with flexion, 173; duration in 

 fore and hind, 174; of knee hit- 

 ting, 176 ; corrected by angles, 

 183; modified, 279-280. 



DECIMALS Less complex, 47; reduced 

 to feet, 48. 



DEFECTS Seen in tracks, 3; shown by 

 averages, 5; offset by compensa- 

 tions, 103; not cured by force, 

 172; absolute and relative, 293. 



DISHED TOE Leverage, 176; effect on 

 extension, 178. 



