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SCIENTIFIC HORSESHOEING. 



MAUD S. STRIDE 



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Fig. 13. 



A, A, front footprints. 



B, B, hind footprint. 



fastest work, -when she made her famous 

 record of 2:08f , to a liigh-wheel sulky, over 

 the Cleveland track in the year 1885. When 

 up to speed, note how her hind legs and 

 feet, B, B, swung out around her body and 

 landed six inclies ahead of her front feet, A, 

 A, in a true line. Maud S was called a line 

 trotter. Her stride on this occasion, meas- 

 ured accurately by those who know, is said 

 to have compassed eighteen feet 6 inches. 



The representation of Maud S, page 37, is 

 one of the only cuts extant, and was taken 

 at the time she made her great record over 

 the Cleveland track, of 2:08|, to a high-wheel 

 sulky, a record which stands to-day unbroken 

 to a high-wheel sulky. She was photo- 

 graphed when up to speed, with all four 

 feet otf the ground at the same time, and, 

 as many will recognize, she was driven by 

 W. W. Baer, her old trainer and driver. 



