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Identifier: prescriptionsins00russ (find matches)
Title: Prescriptions and instructions for treating the disease of the feet and legs of the horse
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Russell, William, b. 1825. (from old catalog) Lewis, W. A. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Horses
Publisher: Cincinnati, The Robert Clarke company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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e of Maud S when up to speed in her USEFUL PRESCKIPTIU^S. 71 MAUD S. STRIDE i d ($3 Fig. 13. A, A, front footprints. B, B, hind footprint. fastest work, when she made her famousrecord of 2:08f, to a high-wheel sulky, overthe Cleveland track in the year 1885. Whenup to speed, note how her hind legs andfeet, B, B, swung out around her body andlanded six inches ahead of her front feet. A,A, in a true line. Maud S was called a linetrotter. Her stride on this occasion, meas-ured accurately by those who know, is saidto have compassed eighteen feet six inches. The representation of Maud S, page 37, isone of the only cuts extant, and was takenat the time she made her great record overthe Cleveland track, of 2:08;, to a high-wheelsulky, a record which stands to-day unbrokento a high-wheel sulky. She was photo-graphed when up to speed, with all fourfeet off the ground at the same time, and,as many will recognize, she was driven byW. II. Baer, her old trainer and driver. 72 USEFUL PKESCKirno^ s.
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USEFUL PRESCRIPTIONS. JAY GOULD STRIDE. 73 f ^ A ^ I m Pig. 14. A, A, front footprints. B, B, hind footprints. Jay Goulds stride was very wide be-hind, as shown in diagram. A, A,represents the front footprints ; B, B,the hind footprints. This famous trot-ting stallion was so wide gated behindas to have made it very tirtsome forhim, and if as much had been knownin his day as at present about the shoe-ing of trotting horses, he could havebeen shod behind so as to have closedup his gait and increased his sf)eedfrom four to ten seconds. Jay Gouldwas as plucky, as game a horse as everwas entered upon the track. It is myopinion that for the lowering of recordsin the past thirty-five years and moreof trotters, from 2:40 to 2:03f, themodern farrier, educated and experi-enced, can not be given too muchpraise, and also for his labor in balanc-ing the leg and body so as to equalizethe pressure to all parts of the foot andleg. Thus a uniform motion is pro-duced, no unnatural strain fatigues onepa

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