Paddling in the Trotting Gait

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 311, 23 March 1928, Page 6

Paddling in the Trotting Gait

CAUSED BY “TOEING IN’’ REMEDY IN SHOEING What is known as paddling is more or less the reverse c-f knee hitting, being caused by “toeing in” and a consequent outward curve of the foot. There is here no such interference with the opposite mate or foreleg, but there is an annoying “speedy cutting” with the hind foot on the same side. In other words, the fore foot either “scalps” that hind foot at the toe or it hits it on the inside all the way from the middle of the cannon bone to the pas’tern. Origin of Paddling Paddling has its origin in a wrong articulation of the elbow and knee joint. While in knee hitters we often find an elbow joint close to the body, we find it rather well separated from the body in paddlers. The toe of paddlers “toes in” in most cases, ana the reverse remedy of that applied to knee hitters will generally produce an improvement in the outward swing of that disturbing curve. The endeavour should be to have the breakover on the inside of the toe, to lower inside toe of the hoof and keep inside heel high, to leave outside toe high ana lower outside heel. Hoof Must Be Level Again, if the shoe is to supply the remedy, first get the hoof level, then apply a slice whose inside is a littla wider and heavier in web, set the bar or the calks toward inside of toe to ef* feet an inside breakover and roll the web from point of toe toward the heel for the same purpose. Not To Be Hurried Of course, it will be understood that the combination of all these changes will hardly be necessary in each case, and he should not proceed too rapidly in his correction of the gait. It would be better to start first with the trimming of the foot and note ita and then try an application of the ahoa suggested. And again, it should oe remembered that an adjustment of tn« tissues to the changes made require* time if we do not want something t® snap suddenly or if we want to reap benefit rather than damage.

RACING FIXTURES

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