Index 



10; of attitudes, 21, 22; found by 

 analysis, 120; unequal adjustment 

 for, 172; less visible at speed, 172; 

 need unequal adjustment, 206; ir- 

 regular rhythm, 227, 236. 



FEET Points of motion, 8; direction, 

 8, 10 ; distance laterally, 10; one 

 preceding other, 41, 42; position 

 and median line, 60; contact with 

 ground, 42, 240; fall of, 124; gen- 

 eral directions, 125; elevation at 

 speed, 167, 169; response to 

 changes, 250; rhythm of contact, 

 266; positions judged by eye, 295. 



FLEXION Of fore and hind, 22; aids 

 to, 166; table, 167; with weight, 

 202; illustration, 173; knee and 

 hock, 202. 



FORE LEGS Variations from stride, 50 ; 

 one ahead of other, 59; flexion 

 of, 202; dangerous extension, 222; 

 "recovering," 223; check to speed 

 236; danger of inequality, 248; 

 responsive to changes, 250; like 

 stilts, 256. 



FORGING Due to weight and action, 

 197- 



FROG Distance to median line, 62. 



GAIT Square, 2; standard, 26; trot- 

 ting and pacing, 32; exact record 

 of, 44; causes of rough, 59; low 

 in Alone: 85; observations, 92; 

 ideals of, 115; analysis required, 

 105, 119; effect of saddle, 161 ; 

 evolution gradual, 181 ; limit of 

 changes in, 183; weight in rapid 

 and sweeping, 202; effective toe 

 leverage, 228; primary condition, 

 228-229; first evidence of faulty, 

 240; regularity and variations, 

 263; trotting and pacing illustrat- 

 ed> 264-265; evidence of mixed, 

 269; long and short on incline, 

 279; heredity of, 311-312. 



GENERALIZATIONS Based on experi- 

 ments, 46; results of experiments, 

 118-119, 145; applicable to all 

 horses, 138. 



GROUND SURFACE Of shoe, 212. 



GOUBAUX AND BARRIER "The Ex- 



terior of the Horse," 46. 



HANDICAPPING As a variety, 308; its 

 benefits, 311. 



HARMONY Between fore and hind, 69, 

 91; due to paring, 90; from per- 

 fect repose, 103; of action by 

 weight, 142; lack due to fore and 

 hind stride, 198; spoilt by exces- 

 sive extension, 218; in calculations, 

 275; by means of compensations, 

 293. 



HARNESS HORSE and thoroughbred, 

 305> 309; treatment of, 313. 



HEAD Free with easy mouth, 115; 

 part of balance, 116; carried to 

 side, 148-149. 



HEEL High and low, 6, 95; relation 

 to toe, 95; first on ground, 107; 

 longer on one hind, 146; swelled, 

 148; outside long, 153, 155, 158; 

 invisible on ground, 155; sliding 

 of, 163, 179; smooth and swelled, 

 181, 232; calks and squared toes, 

 199; longer vs. thicker, 208; longer 

 hind, 211 ; long with extension, 

 218, 235; high with squared toe, 

 228; swelled and short, 231; strik- 

 ing of hind, 233. 



HEREDITY Factor in development, i; 

 improvement of gait by, 311. 



HIND LEG Variation from stride, 50; 

 increased stride, 53; longer for 

 turn, 147; loose articulation of, 

 166; hopping of, 179; flexion of, 

 202; as a propellor, 235. 



HOCK Ideal and faulty directions, 98- 

 100; flexion compared with knee, 

 167. 173; average elevation, 169; 

 with spavin, 185. 



HOCK ACTION Compared with knee 

 action, 35-36; effect of weight, 141 ; 

 effect of knee action on, 157 ; regu- 

 lated by weight, 165; and exten- 

 sion, 201 ; on an incline, 289. 



HOOF Fitting to shoe,. 45; Roberge on 

 shape, 45; ever growing, 87, 89; 



