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were then used, and it appeared, that the dis- 

 tance between the outer edges of the prints of 

 the shoes, taken as before, was regularly reduced 

 to eight inches and a half. 



EXPERIMENT III. 



The same shoes were afterwards; placed on the 

 opposite feet, so that the thick heel was on the 

 outer quarter; and the result, under circum- 

 stances exacdy the same as in die foregoing ex* 

 periments, was, that the distance between the 

 outer edges of the prints of the shoes, was regu- 

 larly increased to eleven inches. 



To account for these results, it is necessary to 

 attend closely to the different effects produced by 

 the weight of the fore part of the body acting 

 upon the two fore feet, when raised on the inner 

 or outer quarters, during die opposite states of rest 

 and action. And first, with regard to shoes raised 

 on the inner quarter: whilst a horse so shod, is 

 standing still, the fetlock joints are certainly 

 thrown farther apart than when any otlier kind 

 of shoe is used. Hence, it was concluded, that 

 the limb which supported the body would have 

 its fetlock joint thrown so much outwards, as to 

 keep it completely out of the way of the foot in 

 motion. But it appears, that the impressions 

 made on the ground by such shoes, are an inch 



