be of a round rather tlian a long fornij because 

 long feet are more liable to contract in the 

 heel. There should be a good distance or 

 depth from the centre of the coronet to the 

 toe, and so round the whole circumference of 

 the hoof to the heel ; the crust, however, 

 narrowing gradually, till it arrives at the 

 hed, where it is narrowest of all. What are 

 called mule-footed horses, nam.ely, those that 

 have very deep and high hoofs, scarcely ever 

 become lame, or founder in the feet, because 

 they have plenty of covering to protect the 

 sensible hoof. The Arabian horses are almost 

 all hoofed in this manner : but horses, thus 

 hoofed, should bend their k^es well, which 

 is generally the case with Ari^ian horses ; 

 otherwise the hoof, being so long and deep, 

 would not go clear of the ground, and their 

 heels, being very high, would also be an ob- 

 stacle to straightening the knee figaj&ti they 

 would therefore, unless they have,good''<^ion, 

 trip, and come down. - \, ' 



A horse, whose foot is too long ^t ther t^ 

 should bend his knees and pastern joints weiF 

 and freely, or there will be great danger of 

 breaking them. If the foot of a horse be too 



