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in the first case to recede slightly from one another, causing the 

 animal to go * wide/ in the second case to approach, causing 

 the animal to go ' close.' This conhrms Moorcroft's experi- 

 ments on animals which cut or brush. 



But it cannot be too strongly insisted on that the loioering 

 of one side of the hoof can have little effect on the general 

 direction of the Zm??5, because, owing to all the lower joints being 

 gingiymoid or hinge-like, movement is confined almost entirely 

 to the backward or forward directions. For this reason lower- 



FlG. 158. Fig. 159. 



Fig. 158.— Pail- of uonnal feet seen from in front ; and 159, from behind. 



Fig. 160. Fig. l(ji. 



Figs. 160 and 161. — Form of feet where toes are turned outwanls. 



ing the inner or outer side of th^ hoof only produces a very 

 slight alteration in the distance between the fetlocks. 



However diverse the variations in conformation of the limb, 

 the changes they produce in the form of the hoof are all in- 

 cluded under one of the three forms now to be described. By 

 bearing in mind the principles enunciated, the form to be given 

 to the hoof and the choice of the shoe will be greatly assisted. 



Seen respectively from in front and behind, the form of the 

 foot will be either normal (figs. 158 and 159), or that peculiar 



