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 where it should project a little beyond the line of 

 the hoof. 



Horses with narrow chests have their legs 

 near together, and are apt to cut when they 

 beo-in to tire ; and with these, the practice just 

 mentioned should always be employed. Horses 

 that turn their toes much outwards, are of all 

 others most subject to cut. It has been asserted, 

 that this defect also happens to such as turn them 

 much inwards ; however, the Author does not re. 

 collect to have met with a single instance of this 

 kind, in the course of his practice. In horses of 

 the first description, it has been long observed, 

 that the inner quarters of the hoof were lower 

 than the outer, and that the fedock joints were 

 nearer each other, than in horses whose feet 

 pointed straight forwards. These two facts pro- 

 bably led to a conclusion, that if the inner 

 quarters were raised to a level with the outer, 

 and so much the more as they were made pro- 

 portionably higher, that the fetlock joints would 

 be thrown farther apart, so as to admit of the foot 

 passing by the supporting leg without striking 

 the joint. Accordingly, for the two last centuries 

 at least, it has been usual to make the inner 

 quarter of the shoe higher than the outer; and 

 not only has this been the general practice, but 



