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SCIENTIFIC HORSESHOEING. 



Fig. 31. English seated shoe for 

 racking or saddle horses and for 

 general driving purposes on horses 

 having good stong arched feet. 



rack, which is especially 

 adapted for saddle horses, 

 being a rapid, attractive 

 style, graceful and pleasant 

 for a rider — though, as horse- 

 nien know — exactino: on the 

 stamina of a horse. The 

 gait is performed by the ac- 

 tion of each lateral biped in 

 rotation. The revolution of 

 the front feet exhibit a high 

 knee action, full of mettle, 

 with a hard, almost perpen- 

 dicular descent; in conse- 

 quence of which there is an 

 aptitude in horses of this 

 class to overreach and thus strike off the front shoes by the for- 

 ward thrust of the hind feet. 



The objects to be looked to in shoeing the racking horse 

 are to provide a secure footing and avoid unnecessary concussion 

 or the mischance of picking up stones. The shoes for the front 

 feet should therefore be of a light concaved pattern, such as the 

 English seated shoe shown in Fig. 31, or in case of overreach use 

 the scoop-toe rolling motion shoe. Fig. 121, as this will quicken 

 the action of the front limbs; and for still quicker movement 

 over the toe, use a plain roller-motion shoe, such as Fig. 125. 

 For the hind feet the addition of heel calks to shoes, as shown 

 in Fig. 140, will give a more effective footing by sinking deeper 

 into the ground. In all cases, however, the feet should be kept 

 strong in all parts and the shoes fitted accurately to a firm po- 

 sition on the wall, as for the perfect foot. Fig. 28. 



The General Purpose Horse. — This class of horses may 

 be held to include numerous miscellaneous representatives of all 



