Index 



323 



89 ; long and "high," 94 ; and white 

 line, 95; angle 'with heel, 95-96; 

 where break-over is easiest, 104; 

 dished, 178, 206, 207, 209; two 

 longer, 180; leverage of squared, 

 207; length and angle vs. "low" 

 and "high" 242; its power of pro- 

 pulsion, 233; length over-rated, 

 246; lack of suspension, 250; lev- 

 erage on incline, 283. 



TOEING IN AND OUT Found by track 

 gauge, 66, 84; effect of bars, 136- 

 137; effect of toe-weight, 160; of 

 fore, 194. 



TOE-WEIGHTS And greater extension, 

 142; indirect effect on hind action, 

 I 5> !63; no improvement on total 

 action, 150; as auxiliaries to bal- 

 ance, 152; on near fore, 156, 160; 

 with heavy shoes, 161 ; general ef- 

 fect, 164; temporary use, 165; with 

 rapid and long action, 201 ; down- 

 hill and uphill, 293. 



TRACK Turns of, 125-126; turns well 

 taken, 129, 139, 161, 180, 199, 205; 

 used for experiments, 193; with 

 inclines, 195-196; suitability of, 

 294; roughness inexcusable, 280, 

 294. 



TRACK GAUGE Description of, 62; ap- 

 plication of, 63, 83. 



TRACKS (of feet) Position a guid- 

 ance, 3; appearance of, 43; nature 

 of, 46; position and contact, 60; 

 relation to median line, 60; posi- 

 tions at turns, 184; important evi- 

 dence, 197-198; distinctness of, 

 240; of gaits compared, 275; of 

 trot, 296; of pace, 303. 



TRAJECTORY (curve of motion) Of 

 feet, 25 ; how obtained, 26 ; high 

 by weight of shoe, no. 



TRIALS Outline of, 3; preparation 

 and method of, 12; measure- 

 ments of, 46; around turn, 126; 

 straight directions of, 149; on in- 

 cline, 195; on level, 196; effect of 

 uphill, 255 ;* downhill and uphill 

 compared, 278. 



TROT Basis of ideal, 8; line trot, 9; 

 position of feet in, 13; its require- 

 ments, 48; pace compared with 

 trot around turns, 128; and single- 

 footing, 269; time beats of, 274. 



TROTTER Versus runner, 305; quali- 

 ties of, 306; as an individual, 309; 

 more useful than pacer, 310. 



TROTTING INSTINCT Essential for bal- 

 ance, i ; hindered by defects, 154. 



TROTTING REGISTER Importance of, 

 307. 



UPHILL TRIALS Effect of, 255; com- 

 pared with downhill, 278, 282; ef- 

 fect on long and short gait, 279; 

 general effect on gait, 293. 



USEFULNESS Must be considered in 

 trotter, 2; spoilt by excessive 

 front action, 121 ; a plea for, 305 ; 

 improved by intelligence, 305; the 

 make-up of, 307; requires sub- 

 stance, 310. 



VARIATIONS Of stride, 41, 50; in fore 

 and hind, 50, 73; from average 

 stride, 140; difference between 

 fore and hind, 159; least in best 

 gait, 182, 188; difference on in- 

 cline, 195; total scope of, 238; 

 of lateral extensions, 239; excess 

 due to defects, 255; in mixed gait, 

 271; affected by incline, 284, 289. 



VERIFICATIONS Of remedies in experi- 

 ments, 118, 240. 



WEIGHT (of shoe) General effect, 6; 

 over-rated, 90, 109, 259; steadies 

 gait, no; effect on extension, 135, 

 136; effect on fore and hind, 141, 

 172; effect by shape of shoe, 146; 

 with toe-weights, 162-163; shape 

 better than, 171; unequal, 172; ef- 

 fect on motion, 174; on one hind, 

 175; indirect effect, 184, 206; effect 

 at speed, 188; unequal behind, 190; 

 changing hind action to extension, 

 194; greater behind, 200; with 

 shape of hind shoes, 201 ; effect 



