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way round to the other third nail hole, from the last nail hole back 

 to the heel of the shoe ; have it bevelled outwardly, having the shoe 

 thinner on the outside at the heel than it is on the inside. My phi- 

 losophy of this is, to let the horse's frog come down even with the 

 shoe, as when he puts his foot down on the ground, by the shoe being 

 bevelled at the heel, it gives the quarters a chance to expand. 



You probably are aware of the fact that the horse's shoes that are 

 manufactured at the present time are concaved all the way around ; 

 the result is that the shoe is slanting inwardly, and when the horse's 

 foot is placed upon his shoe, with four nails driven upon each side, 

 you have nailed his foot to an iron vise, and it is impossible for it to 

 expand, for the reason that the shoe slanting inwardly causes the 

 foot to contract. I wouia advise that all driving or saddle horses 

 should only have six nails in the front feet and five in the hind feet; 

 have them driven well to the middle of the horse's foot and come 

 out of the horn as low as possible. Kever file your horse's foot on 

 the outside above the nail heads. Kever file the crease under the 

 clinches, as when you do you are weakening the crust of the horn of 

 your horse's foot. You stop the growth of this live horn, causing 

 the foot to become dry and brittle, and when the old shoes are re- 

 moved you will find large chunks of the horse's foot breaking away 

 with the old horseshoe nails. 



Xever have a red-hot shoe placed upon your horse's foot. It draws 

 the moisture and the oil from the hoof, making it become dry and 

 brittle. Nature never destined that a horse's foot should be burned 

 with a red-hot iron — warm shoes placed upon a horse's foot will do no 

 harm. 



Always have the shoes made to fit the foot, and not fit the foot to 

 the shoe, as is the practice with many would-be horse -shoers. 



No scientific workman will contradict the above facts. 



Question. How do you shoe a horse for overreaching ? 



Answer, Have a very heavy shoe on the front feet, having it very 

 wide at the toe and narrow at the heel ; put as much weight at the 

 toe as possible ; on the hind feet use my overreaching shoe with a 

 wide web on the outside of the foot, which will stop any horse from 

 overreaching. 



