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Question. How should a driying or saddle horse be shod in the 

 summer time? 



Answer. With a plain flat shoe, as light as possible. I am a 

 great believer in having all driving horses shod in the front feet, 

 with half shoes, known to horsemen as "tips." (See engraving.) 



All farm horses should be shod with the half shoe. 



The following engraving shows the half shoe known as the "toe- 

 tip." All driving or saddle horses should be shod with this kind oj 

 shoe during the summer months, giving a full frog pressure, and ir 



