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Show Horse Pedometers. H The whorls of hnlr n (he coar rt horees nnd other animals are rmlnntJ podoiuutcrs, Inasmuch an they chr H tcr the locomotive activities oi Ifx H animals on whose bodies thegr acr? The host examples and the' grcxriesC H number of theso hairy whorls lebfl crests are found on tho domtstlr H horse. A notnblo tnstnnco is Ow H graceful feathering that extends eloac H the hallow of tho flank, dividing Vb H trunk of tho animal from the tofl- H quarters. Thrro arc also crestv ttoS H wIitI" on tho horso's chest and othsrr lll lint In of Itt- hedy, H A study of tho action of the aaAar- H lylnn mtiBcles explains tho orlgla aT jH these peculiarities In tho lay of Ut H hnlr nnd furnishes tho Justification lev H calling them pedometers, although tbo H -uialngy is, of course, merely aepaf- B o H |