ture by some of the drivers or trainers, because the animal 

 does not perform as well on a track that don't suit the shoe- 

 ing as he did on a previous occasion that did suit, the same 

 way shod. I must say in reference to trotters that are 

 inclined to single foot and pace that in fixing the hind feet 

 I would prefer to get the angle of the hind feet as near to 

 the angle of the front feet as possible, because it helps to 

 confine them to the pure trot. The shorter the toe and 

 angle of the hind feet as compared with the front, the 

 quicker they will go into a singlefoot and pace. The causes 

 of the roughness in the gait of the trotter are that the feet 

 are at too short an angle, not carrying weight enough in 

 front, and checked too high, or slipping too much. 



IV. CAUSES FOR BECOMING ROUGH GAITED. 

 The front feet or the hind feet are not mates, or 

 high heels on one foot and low heels on the opposite; they 

 are cut too low on one side to hang level compared with 

 the opposite side of the same foot, a long toe on one 

 foot and a short toe on the opposite foot; these variations 

 create a different angle, when it should be the same; that 

 is, the front feet should be mates and the hind feet should 

 be mates. Cutting out the frog, bars and sole, and open- 

 ing the heels with the knife will also lead to a rough gait 

 when the foot is dry and hard, and the horse strikes a 

 hard track at speed. Carrying head too high, too low, 

 or to one side, or pulling on bit too strong will do the 

 same thing. 



After fixing the front feet as directed, do not leave 

 the heels on the hind feet high or the toes of the hind 

 feet too short, fix the hind feet by leaving the toes long 

 enough and the heels low enough to create an angle to 

 within a few degrees the same as the front feet. This 

 will prevent breaking over too quick which increases the 



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