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list of 2:30 performers. Subjects so constituted are very refractory 

 to treatment and the problem of separating the extremities is a diffi- 

 cult, though not impossible job. Without time there is no remedy for 

 these at all, for horses of such an attitude have naturally a slovenly 

 way of poking their hind feet straight under without any effort at ele- 

 vation. They are inclined to single-foot when there is effected a marked 

 change in the shoeing of hind feet. 



In these cases I lack the evidence of consecutive shoeing and there- 

 fore cannot offer quite as conclusive a proof of the effect of the toe- 

 weights used, and I must ask the reader's kind indulgence in the 

 matter. 



FIG. 122 



x/e/i5/ons of fig. 121 



* oz . toe weights on fore 

 4m. 

 toes 



F/6./2/ 



S5* with shoes 



D/ff. bet pairs = . 12 //. 

 Ofi/.+tfft. 



Average disf. = 3.65 f f 

 Sfriafz = - 



oufs/c/e hec/oF oh longer. 



In Fig. I2i we have the shoeing of one case, a mare, by Stein- 

 way, of which angles were measured with shoes on hoof. Both fore 

 carry 2 oz. toe-weights and bars across heels. The web of the shoes 

 was wider at toe than at quarters, being heavier at toe in consequence. 

 With this double weighting of toe the heel impressions of fore feet 

 were hardly visible on ground. The hind feet were very steep in angle, 

 besides being checked in extension by long outside heels and calks. 



