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The parts struck in the hind leg, arc the 

 inside of the fetlock joint, and the coronet; in 

 the fore leg, the inside of the fetlock joint, and 

 immediately under the knee ; which latter is 

 called the speedy-cut, from its happening only 

 when a horse goes fast. 



Young horses, when first backed, generally 

 cut their fore legs, although naturally they may 

 be good goers. This arises from their placing 

 the foot on the ground too much under the 

 middle of the breast, in order the better to sup- 

 port the burthen to which they are unaccustom- 

 ed ; but by degrees they acquire the method of 

 balancing the weight, with the foot in the same 

 direction it would naturally have were they 

 without it. It may therefore be laid down as 

 a general rule, with such horses, that till they 

 regain their natural method of going, the edge 

 of the inner quarter of the shoe should follow 

 exactly the outline of the crust, but should not 

 be set within the crust, nor should the crust 

 itself be reduced in thickness ; as both these 

 practices tend to weaken the inner quarter, and 

 to deform the hoof. And here it must be ob- 

 served, that the outer edoe of the shoe should, 

 in all cases of sound feet, fjllow exactly the 

 outer edge of the crust, except just at the heel, 



