CHAP. V. 



ON THE HIND FEET AND LEGS. 



THE same observations will apply to the 

 hind feet and legs as to the fore feet and legs 

 of a horse, except that he may point his 

 hind toes a Httle outward, without brushing, 

 if he stand wide behind, and if his hoofs be 

 not too large : but when that is the cnse, the 

 animal, if he bo cat-hammed or close, will 

 certainly brush j and to prevent this as much 

 as possible, a very different practice should 

 be adopted in the operation of shoeing. In 

 shoeing horses that brush much, the farrier 

 generally makes the hind foot shoe thin in- 

 side, which throws the heels closer together : 

 but if, instead of this, the slioes were made 

 thicker inside than on the outside, the horse 

 would stand wider, and be prevented from 

 brushing. Horses most liable to brush are 

 those which are called cat-hammed j that is, 

 those which stand with their hind legs close 



