THE PRACTICAL HORSESHOER. 167 



If a horse's ankle stands in, or if his hoof appears as though 

 the toe of the hoof was turned outward, raise the outside 

 three-eighths of an inch higher tlian the opposite side. If 

 in winter time let the inside calk be blunt and sharpen the 

 outside. If the horse is heavy and ivell spread, weight the 

 outside Aveb twice as inuch as the inside. 



If a horse strikes his knee, or is what we call a knee- 

 knocker, the remed}^ to be applied is as follows : Fit up a 

 common shoe letting the inside of the toe calk project over 

 the shoe one-fourth or three-eighths of an inch. Let the 

 outside of the calk be a little short so that the toe will wear 

 on the outer corner. If the horse strikes below the knee 

 the smith can take a heavier shoe and straighten it a little 

 more than usual at the inside, back of the toe. — By J. I. 



Interfering — Overreaching — Hot and Cold Fitting. 



Probably there is no one thing there are so many theories 

 about as the matter of horseshoeing. Now I want to say 

 to all young men and new beginners, don't ever get a pet 

 theory upon any subject. If you do, 3^ou will just as~cer- 

 tainl3^fail as did the quack doctor who doctored an English- 

 man and cured him, and afterward doctored a Fi-enchman 

 who had the same disease, and gave him the same treatment 

 and he died. The doctor set it down in his memorandum 

 book that what would cure an Englishman would kill a 

 Frenchman. Now you may take two horses that interfere 

 and shoe them just alike ; and you may cure the one and make 

 the other worse, and the same is true of overreaching 

 horses. 



What is the cause? It is this: No two horses are 

 exactly alike in any particular ; neither do they travel alike, 

 or even stand still alike. In the matter of interfering the 

 shoer must look his horse over and see him travel in order 



