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SCIENTIFIC HORSESHOEING. 



still inclines inward, and if 

 so, it must be made to con- 

 form to the ris^ht front line 

 by building up the inside 

 heel with a strip of sole 

 leather inserted under the 

 shoe, gradually tapering it 

 oii" from the heel to a thin 

 edge forward to center of 

 toe, and then rivet on the 

 leather and affix the shoe. 

 On some occasions, as 



Fig. 100. front foot shoe (ground sur- ^^^ere a horse cuts but one 

 face) for splay-footed and chronic 

 KNEE-HITTING HORSES. kncg, It may be found that 



A, Inside branch. B, Outside branch, ^^e foot on the injured limb 

 C, Rivet hole, for securing leather slips is out of balance, and not 



when required to straighten the inside ,, .1 j. i xi T_-i.j.- 



, , ^ , ^u r ^ 1 1 .J • r the one that does the hittinff. 

 heel to place the foot level and in line o 



with the center of limb. The dotted white In such event the foot of the 



line indicates extension of shoe over out- • -^^.^^ j-^^ ^^^^^ ^^. 



side toe of foot. '' ° 



properly leveled, may be 



shod with pattern. Fig. 104. The effect of this shoe will be to 



turn or roll the limb out of the way of the other foot by means 



of the outer bevel on the outside toe. Or on removal of the old 



shoe it can be made to answer the same purpose by welding a 



toe calk on the inner side, about one inch from center of toe, 



the calk to be one-fourth inch high by one inch long. 



Forging or Clicking. — The habit of forging or clicking 

 peculiar to many horses may arise either from disproportionate 

 construction, or, which is most often the case, from improper 

 shoeing; and indeed, from my own personal observation, I am 

 led to believe that in many cases both causes may prevail at the 

 same time. As one example, a colt, pure-gaited, never before 

 shod, may be brought to me for shoeing, and I shoe him in ac- 



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