TREATISE ON HORSESHOEING. 445 



O VERREACHING. 



Young horses are more subject to overreach- 

 ing than old ones. It very frequently disappears 

 as the speed of the animal is increased. At a 

 moderate gait, the front feet do not always get 

 out of the way in time for the hind ones, as 

 they are brought forward. Sometimes the heels 

 are cut or badly bruised, and occasionally the 

 shoes are torn from the fore-feet. 



Remedy. Have the front shoes made nearly 

 twice the weight of the hind shoes. Lower the 

 toe-calk on the fore shoe and increase the ordi- 

 nary length of the calk on the hind shoe, and 

 do not make the fore shoe to project more than 

 half an inch beyond the heel. If the horse 

 should have a good square heel, don't allow the 

 shoe to project any. Observe to instruct the 

 smith to pare the toe or forward part of the 

 fore-foot, and not the heel, simply rasping it to 

 form a level surface. See illustration of shoes, 

 Figs. 2 and 3. 



