Fig. I. 



The shoe properly formed, adjusted, and nailed on the hoof of a five-year- 

 old horse that had never been shod but once, 



Fig. II. 



The foot as it is ruined by bad treatment. The shoe and nails are too 

 large; the nails too many in number and driven too deep. The shoe is set back 

 too far. The hoof is rasped away so much as to weaken it and destroy its sym- 

 metry. 



PLATE I. 



