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the heel only and not to tear the wall of the foot from the 

 sole. The main poijt is to keep the foot as short as pos- 

 sible. 



I have shod horses in this way and secured a ^ood open 

 heel in about three months. In one of these cases the 

 horse liad been shod with the Robero-e spring* without be- 

 ing-benefited at all. 



Where one heel only is contracted I use Prof. Rich's half- 

 bar shoe* and find it very efficacious, for there is generally 

 some of the frog left in such afoot. — By Chas. W. Kohler. 



Form of Shoe for Contracted Feet. 



My way of shoeing contracted feet is as follows : 

 Pare the sole of the foot so that it can be sprung with the 

 thumb, then fit on a medium weight shoe, without calks, 

 and make a clip as shown in the accompanying illustration, 



Fig. 80— Showing " F. E. B.'sl" Method of Shoeing Contracted Feet. 



Fig. 80, on the inside of each heel, to set inside of the bars 

 on each side of the frog ; then set the shoe and spread the 

 heel a little at a time. The foot must spread and the clip 

 takes the strain off the nails and spreads the foot at the 

 heels, where it should be spread. — By F. E. B. 



* See "Artistic Horseshoeing- " by Prof. Geo. E. Rich, published by 

 M. T. Richardson, New York. 



