Gait from the Tracks

Walk, canter or gallop — read a track's spacing the way Holmes read the false cows.

The fake cattle betrayed themselves by moving like horses. Enter the spacing between print groups and estimate the gait and pace of whatever passed.

Drawn from The Adventure of the Priory School (The Return of Sherlock Holmes, 1904) — read the summary & analysis, or try Tracks on the Lower Moor, this story's game. More at the Game Room and the tool bench.