GENERAL REMARKS 



a series of leaps or jumps. In it the hind feet 

 serve mainly as propellers while the forefeet sup- 

 port and brace the body; and for this reason the 

 former are placed side by side, or nearly so, while 

 the latter stand one behind the other in the trail. 

 The faster the gallop, the more closely do the 

 tracks conform to these conditions. In the great- 

 est speed of some members of the deer family the 

 hind feet also come nearer the center line, as 

 shown in the illustrations. As, by the velocity 

 of the movement, the hind feet are thrown past 

 the point where the forefeet strike the ground, 

 their imprints appear in front of those of the 

 latter, a fact which should be kept constantly in 

 mind by the trailer, since, in the case of an animal 

 with a broken leg, the appearance of the leap im- 

 prints are usually the only means to decide which 

 leg is broken. In animals of the first group a 

 broken foreleg is always more serious than an 

 injured hind leg, and therefore the game is easier 

 brought to bag. 



In members of the second group there is but 

 one motion, no matter whether they are moving 

 slow or fast the hind feet are always thrown 



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