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hoof of the opposite foot. Many expedients have been 

 tried to remove this : the inside heel has been raised 

 and lowered, and the outside raised and lowered ; and 

 sometimes one operation has succeeded, and some- 

 times the contrary ; and there was no po : nt so 

 involved in obscurity, or so destitute of principles to 

 guide the practitioner. The most successful remedy, 

 and that which, in the great majority of cases super- 

 sedes all others, is a shoe of equal thickness from heel 

 to toe, and having but one nail, and that near the toe 

 on the inside of the shoe ; care being taken that the 

 shoe shall not extend beyond the edge of the crust, 

 and that the crust shall be rasped a little at the 

 quarters. 



NOT LYING DOWN. 



It not uncommonly happens that ahorse will seldom 

 or never lie down in the stable. He sometimes con- 

 tinues in apparent good health, and feeds and works 

 well; but generally his legs swell, or he becomes 

 fatigued sooner than another horse. They perhaps are 



