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Index 



SHOEING Influence of previous, 44, 

 138, 164; art and science of, 46, 

 120, 244; forced method of, gi ; 

 table of record of, 93 ; service- 

 ableness of, 105; time required for 

 testing, 116; eye unreliable for, 

 163; creases, "grabs" and calks, 

 200; analysis required for, 259; by 

 one man only, 260. 



SIDE POLE Use of, 149. 



SIMPLICITY Of rig, 114; suggests effi- 

 ciency, 165; of shoes, 171. 



SINGLE-FOOTING In irregular trot, 55; 

 causes of, 59; due to low hind 

 action, 155, 199; suspicion of, 158; 

 known by rhythm, 266; illustrated, 

 267; leg action independent in, 

 268; time beats of, 271, 274; with 

 excessive extension, 270. 



SIZE (of horse) With weight, 306; 

 classification by, 308; usefulness 

 of, 311. 



SLIDING, SLIPPING Absent in smooth 

 gait, 46; perfect balance shows no, 

 60; bars as preventives of, 114; 

 marked in hind, 163 ; of hind heels, 

 179; stopped by shoe, 200; of hind 

 heels, 233. 



SOLE Paring of, 88. 



SONOMA GIRL (trotter) At rest, 103. 



SPAVIN Effect on extension, 185; 

 caused by unequal extension, 248. 



SPEED Dependent on balance, I ; by 

 straight lines, 19 ; not sole criter- 

 ion, 26; and the long toe notion, 

 89; due to proper changes, 147; a 

 gag for criticism, 164; as a test 

 of strength, 280; a defective stand- 

 ard, 306, 308; 



SPEEDY-CUTTING Definition of, n; in- 

 terference by, 42 ; a common cause 

 of, 188. 



SQUARE GAIT Definition of, 2; re- 

 ferred to center of gravity, 3; 

 standard conditions, 61 ; spoilt by 

 excessive variations, 189; with un- 

 equal adjustment, 205; 



SQUARED TOES Influence on motion, 

 89; and extension, 114; of shoes, 



j 193; and heel calks, 199; on dia- 

 gonal feet, 207, 216, 217; on one 

 ' v .side, 212, 215, 236; with longer 

 '%oof and heels, 214; on hind, 216 \ 

 and rqund toes, 226; general effect 

 of, 211, 227, 228; with high heels, 

 228. 



STANDARD BRED HORSE Developed by 

 ideals, 116; a better classification 

 for, 306; nondescript at present, 

 308. 



STANFORD, Gov. LELAND Palo Afto 

 Farm, 18. 



STIFLE Free motion of, 99. 



STRIDE Definition of, 4; same for 

 each leg, 40, 50, 73; average, 41; 

 table for trot, 49; difference ber 

 tween fore and hind, 53, 74, 189, 

 252, 255; "shortness" of, 50, 223, 

 248; of pace, 72; average, 73; 

 "lengthening" of, 123; "shorten- 

 ing" of, 124; misnomer for ex- 

 tension, 125; variations of, 140; ef- 

 fect on separation of fore and 

 hind, 182, 187; downhill and up- 

 hill effects, 292-293. 



SWEET MARIE at rest, 87; at speed, 

 205. 



SWING OF LEGS See Pendulum. 



SYMMETRY Of motion, 86; of equilib- 

 rium, 102; as a part of balance, 

 103; of lateral balance, 247. 



TAPE LINE Its use, 3-4; in trials, 46- 

 47, 70, 296. 



TEETH Good condition important, 115. 



TENDON (swelled) Effect on exten- 

 sion, 185; spoils gait, 218; caused 

 by check to extension, 222. 



TIME Prime condition for balance, 7, 

 114, 260; for corrections, 44; 

 changes require, 116; during win- 

 ter, 124; with confirmed habits, 

 157; not allowed, 192; lack of 

 confuses results, 149-150. 



TIME BEATS Of gaits, 269. 



TOE Effect of length, 6, 182; break- 

 over at, 67; leverage of, 89, 204; 

 squared, 89; notions about length, 



