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Index 



LEVERAGE Of toe a strain, 88; energy 

 expended, 89; with squared toe 

 and high heel, 228; with angles on 

 incline 282; downhill and uphill, 

 292-293. 



LINE OF SAFETY Of hoof for paring, 

 88; important principle, 245. 



LINE PACE Ideal and actual, 13 ; as a 

 standard, 15. 



LINE TROT Definition, 9; ideal and 

 actual, 10; axes of, 97. 



LOCOMOTION Hereditary influence, i ; 

 on incline, 6, 282; complex, 116; 

 difficulty of experiments, Il8. 



LOST MOTION Due to curves, 15; due 

 to lateral extension, 100. 



LORD DERBY (trotter), at speed, 263. 



Lou DILLON Her measurements, 48; 

 lateral extensions, 63, 67; cross- 

 ing of fore, 54, 64; shoeing of, 

 69; action, 69; compared with 

 Alone, 8 1 ; at turns, 130; toe lever- 

 age, 204. 



MANUAL BOOKS Convenient for ana- 

 ysis, 5; set forth method, 86. 



MEASUREMENTS General outline, 3 ; 

 table for trot, 47; trotting stride, 

 49; start with first stride, 59; 

 table for pace, 71; pacing stride, 

 72; explain gait, 161; finding 

 "short stride" by, 223; details of 

 proof of, 274; lead to balance, 

 293; main features of, 295; of 

 pace reviewed, 302. 



MEDIAN LINE Idea of, 3; definition 

 and location, 8; its direction, 60; 

 distances of tracks from, 65; and 

 center of gravity, 61 ; aid to lat- 

 eral balance, 247; and relative 

 positions of feet, 295, 302. 



METHOD (of analysis) No cure-all, 

 44; aid to locomotion, 86; eye un- 

 reliable, 120; changes compared by, 

 181 ; balance effected by, 193 ; the 

 eye as aid of, 229; abbreviated, 

 295; reliability of, 304. 



METRICAL SYSTEM Easier calculations 

 by, 47- 



MORNING STAR (pacer) At speed, 265, 



MOTION Referred to center of gravity,. 

 8; ideal, 16; straight lines of, 19; 

 swing of legs, 20, 229; curves of, 

 25; revealed by camera, 40; of 

 center of gravity, 61 ; harmony of, 

 69; principle of rocking, in; best 

 with free head, 115; fore and hind 

 irregular in, 120; of legs, 173; 

 trotting, 264 ; pacing, 265 ; disturb- 

 ed by lack of compensations, 293. 



MOUTH Rarely good and often spoilt, 

 US- 



MUYBRIDGE, E. J. His work at Palo 

 Alto Farm, 18; motion pictures, 

 40, 166; great value of photo- 

 graphs, 171. 



NOTATION Decimals simpler, 4, 47; re- 

 duced to feet, 48; of fractions,, 

 296. 



'OCCIDENT (trotter) In motion, 27; 

 comparative action, 167. 



OPPOSITE FEET Distances, 48; table 

 for trot, 52; table for pace, 75; in 

 mixed gait, 272 ; difference in ex- 

 tension, 273; table of, 299. 



OPPOSITE PAIRS OF FEET Distances in 

 pace, 79. 



OVERSTEP Definition, 10; in analysis, 

 49; increases with speed, 56; 

 table of Lou Dillon's, 57; table 

 for trot, 58; downhill and uphill, 

 196; key to irregular gait, 297. 



PACE Position of feet, 14; around 

 turns, 128; inclination to, 207; 

 compared with single-foot, 269; 

 time beats of, 274. 



PACER In motion, 34; subject to same 

 principles, 260; not as useful as 

 trotter, 310. 



PADDLING Attitude for, 98, 99; and 

 heavier shoe, 145; effect on oppo- 

 site foot, 222. 



PALO ALTO FAJ*M Photographs, 18; 

 pictures of horses in motion, 26; 

 single-footing, 267; trotting, 268. 



