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Upright Foot usually associated with short Second 

 Metacarpal and high heel. Stride is short, and 

 A foot reaches highest point in second half of flight. 



Foot of medium slope. Flight of hoof is an arc of a 

 circle, with highest point at centre. 



Acute Angled Foot, usually associated with long 

 Second Metacarpal and low heel. Stride is long, 

 and foot reaches highest point in first half of 

 flight. 



Fig. 120. — Diagram showing influence of slope of foot (fore) on flight 

 of hoof in walking. (After Lungwitz.) 



