36 SHOEING THE SADDLE-HORSE. 



fectly level, and Mr. S. T. Harris of Cincinnati, a 

 gentleman who has devoted years of intelligently 

 directed study and experiment in shoeing the 

 horse, suggests the following plan. With a pair of 

 compasses the distance is measured from the middle 

 of the outside heel, at the ground, to a point on the 

 outside quarter of the lower edge of the hoof, and 

 this point is then marked with a pencil. From 

 the middle of the inner heel, where it touches 

 the ground, the same distance is measured upon 

 the inner quarter of the lower edge of the hoof, 

 and this point is marked by a pencil. From 

 the first-made point on the outside quarter of 

 the hoof, the distance, in a perpendicular line, is 

 measured to where the hair and hoof join, and the 

 length of this line, compared with the perpendicular 

 line measured from the second-made point to where 

 the hair and hoof join on the inner side, will give 

 the exact difference of the heights of the walls of 

 the hoof at those corresponding points. A point 

 on the front of the hoof at the ground, equidistant 

 from the two points first marked on the quarters, 

 will give the position of the toe, and from these 

 points the measurements can be made that will 

 show exactly what shall be taken from the hoof 

 to give the horse a level bearing. 



When the hoofs have been prepared, the shoes 



