Index 



DISTANCES Between feet generally, 

 4; of opposites, 10, 48; of corre- 

 lated feet, 54; table of opposites, 

 52; of correlated in pace, 77; of 

 opposites in pace, 75; of opposite 

 pairs, 79; between hind laterally, 

 84; table of opposite and corre- 

 lated feet in trot, 296; same in 

 pace, 299. 



DOWNHILL A test, 196, 294 ; compared 

 with uphill, 278, 282 ; with short 

 and long gait, 279; general effect 

 in gait, 292. 



DRAFT Effect on hind extension, 

 187-188; with speed, 280. 



EDGERTON See Edgington. 



EDGINGTON, ABE (trotter) In motion, 

 31; under saddle, 47-48; com- 

 parative action, 167; suggestive of 

 improvements, 193. 



ELAINE (trotter) In motion, 29; 

 comparative action, 167. 



EDUCATION (of horse) Laborious, 

 240; for usefulness, 305; by gen- 

 tleness, 313. 



ELBOW Free in motion, 98. 



ELEVATION Of feet, 22; of knee and 

 hock, 22 ; shown by camera, 24 ; 

 with extension, 24; due to bar 

 shoe, 135; fore and hind com- 

 pared, 167; averages, 169; effect 

 of weight, 172; without extension, 

 163; and extension, 228. 



ENDURANCE Result of smooth gait,. 

 39; with harmony of motiofl, 103. 



ENERGY Most efficient, 19 ; lost by toe 

 leverage, 89 ; with health, 307. 



EQUILIBRIUM Of foot disturbed, 87; 

 symmetrical, 102; at turns, 129; 

 dependent on compensations, 293. 



EXAMINATION Of horse by table, 92. 



EXPERIMENTS To vary one thing at a 

 time, 116, 260; and verifications, 

 118; take time, 119; suggestive of 

 remedies, 193; main object, 205; 

 on incline, 255; downhill pre- 

 ferred, 278. 



EXTENSION Equal in square gait, 2, 

 13; averages, 5; swing of legs, 19,. 

 97, 229 ; ideal, 20, 44 ; and elevation, 

 25; under saddle, 38; different in 

 opposite legs, 41, 107; diagonally, 

 42; and stride, 50; lateral, 60; 

 from median line, 63; table of lat- 

 eral, 65 : shortened by squared toe, 

 114; errors about hind, 121; un- 

 equal swing of fore and hind, 123, 

 175; equalizing of, 124; with left 

 fore, 125; effect of weight, 135, 

 172; results of lateral, 136-137; by 

 toe-weights, 142, 161 ; double 

 check to, 155, 194; action and, 170, 

 171, 194; by thicker shoe, 163; and 

 unfolding of leg, 173; and dished 

 toe, 179; and hopping behind, 179; 

 limit of, 183; comparative lateral,, 

 184; excessive in one hind, 185; 

 on one side, 186 ; with unsound- 

 ness, 190; deficient behind, 192; 

 checked by squared toes and calks, 

 199; and "getting away" of fore, 

 203; with longer hind heels, 213,. 

 235 5 f ne hind excessive, 226, 

 230; dangerous at turns, 222; 

 danger of excessive, 237; incline, 

 285-291; downhill, 292; uphill, 



293. 

 EXTERIOR OF THE HORSE (book), 46. 



EXTREMITIES (fore and hind) Sepa- 

 ration of: not increased by toe- 

 weights, 150; difficult to effect, 

 155;. short, 157; increased, 177; 

 decreased, 187; greater with great- 

 er stride, 182, 187; rather long, 

 190; by backward extension of 

 hind, 203; variations of, 231; with 

 lengths of toes, 246; checked by 

 length of fore, 257; abnormally 

 small, 258; downhill and uphill, 

 281, 291 ; properly determined, 

 295 ; Relation of : compensations 

 between, 100; when strides differ,. 

 252. 



FAULTS Of gait seen on ground, 3; 

 with deviation from straight line, 



