him to victory in three straight heats and he took a record 

 close to 2:10. I believe the horse's name was Sable Gift, 

 or some other gift. The only gift the horse got was a 

 record, something he did not want, neither did those that 

 were buying first, second and third choices. 



XLII. KEEP THE FEET LEVEL. 



The front foot should never be the highest on the 

 outside of a trotter or pacer, unless the horse paddles with 

 one or both front legs. A foot that is left high on the out- 

 side and low on the inside will help to prevent paddling and 

 will increase the winging in to the knees. A foot that is 

 kept high on the inside and low on the outside will help to 

 prevent winging in to the knees. There are lots of paddlers 

 who do not begin to paddle until the foot has left the 

 ground quite some distance, and to prove this I have seen 

 the shoes worn by some paddlers and the most of the weai 

 on the shoes of the paddling leg or legs was at the outside 

 toe of shoe. A paddler that leaves the ground from the 

 inside toe of shoe can be made to carry the leg straighter 

 in a line at speed easier than one that leaves the ground 

 from the outside toe. 



The reason why a front foot should not be left highest 

 on the outside, of a trotter or pacer, unless he is a paddler, 

 is this; supposing the front legs at the chest or where the 

 upper arm joint is connected with the chest is ten, twelve 

 or fifteen inches apart, I mean the distance the two front 

 legs are from one another where connected with the body. 

 <Now when this horse is at speed and can go fast at the trot 

 or pace, like most all fast horses at speed, his foot prints 

 will be straight in a line one after the other on the track. 

 Now if their upper arms are ten or twelve inches apart, 

 more or less, and at speed their feet land nearly on a line, 

 the front legs are not working forward and backward in a 

 straight up and down line from the body, so this being the 



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