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Scalping, — Hitting the front of the hind foot above or at the 

 line of the hair against the toe of the breaking over forefoot. 



Speedy Cutting. — The spreading trotter at speed hits the 

 hind leg above the scalping mark against the inside of the break- 

 ing over forefoot as he passes. 



Cross-firing. — Essentially forging in pacers, in which they 

 hit the inside of the near fore and off hind foot or the reverse in 

 the air as the stride of the hind leg is abont completed and the 

 stride of the foreleg just begun. 



Pointing. — A stride in which extension is much more marked 

 than flexion. It is especially characteristic of the Thorough- 

 bred. The same term is also used to indicate the resting of one 

 forefoot in an advanced position to relieve the back tendons. 



Dwelling. — A perceptible pause in the flight of the foot, as 

 though the stride had been completed before the foot had reached 

 the ground. Most noticeable in actors. 



Trappy. — A quick, high, but comparatively short stride. 



Pounding. — A heavy contact usually accompanying a 

 high stride. 



Boiling. — Excessive lateral shoulder motion as in wide 

 fronted horses. 



REVIEW 



1. Name the features of the stride. 



2. How may the pace be distinguished from the trot? 



3. What are the special advantages and disadvantages under which 



pacers labor? 



4. How may the gait of a racking horse be recognized in the dark? 



5. Describe a cross canter. 



6. What is the importance of changing leads at the canter or gallop? 



7. How may a horse's way of going be predicted without seeing hira 



move? 



8. To what extent may the schooling determine the horse's way of 



going? 



9. What effect does weight in the foot, also the surface over which the 



horse steps, have on the stride? 

 10. What is understood by forging, interfering, pointing, and dwelling's 



