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recover their natural strength: in this cr.se, the 

 bar should be at a little distance from the heel, 

 as it is not used for the heel to press upon, but 

 merely to protect it from stones and gravel till 

 it be properly recovered. It may be observed, 

 that many capital horses have very long toes 

 and very low heels ; these generally bend 

 their knees well, have good action, seem to 

 feel no inconvenience, and put their feet for- 

 ward with good courage. To alter such feet 

 would be impossible, without injuring the ani- 

 mal. They must not be pared away at the toe, 

 nor too m-uch shortened, as this attempt to 

 give them handsome feet will bring them too 

 near the quick, and cause the horses soon to 

 become lame, and to founder in the feet ; the 

 superfluous parts only are to be removed, and 

 the shoe fitted as on the handsomest feet ; for 

 it is as impossible to give the feet of horses any 

 other than their natural form, as it is to give a 

 different form to the feet of men; the only 

 thing that can be done to relieve deformity is 

 to endeavour to preserve them as well as pos- 

 sible. 



The speedy-cut, which is a very common 

 accident to those horses that are close made 



