21-4 SCIENTIFIC HORSESHOEING. 



ing motion shoe, illustrated on the preceding page, will be found 

 a successful remedy. 



The shoe should extend well back at the heels, the calkins 

 being at least one-half inch higher at the heels than at the sides 

 of the toe, where it should be well beveled on the ground sur- 

 face, in order that the horse may be enabled to " get over " the 

 toe of his foot with but little strain on the flexor perforans. 



I have also found the scoop-toed rolling-motion shoe very 

 successful in the cases of trotting and running horses. The feet 

 should always be well leveled and straightened, and the toes 

 shortened as much as safety wall permit. A preliminary appli- 

 cation of warm-water bandages may be found beneficial. 



Elbow and Arm Cutting. — When a horse has too much 

 freedom in the action of the knee of his fore leg, which causes 

 it to bend under him, when lifted, in such a manner as to strike 

 and bruise the limb, it is called elbow or arm cutting. To over- 

 come this difficulty, the heel of the foot should be pared as low 

 as it can be safely done. The toe, on the contrary, should be 

 left long. The shoe should be light, for the lighter the shoe the 

 less liability there is of the elbow or arm being cut. The web 

 of the shoe should be narrow, especially from the quarters to 

 the toe. The shoe should be well concaved on its ground sur- 

 face, from the heel to the toe, particularly so in the case of 

 horses who cut or hit the arm or elbow with the heel. (It may 

 here be observed that the greater number of horses cut their 

 elbows with the toe.) 



Adjustable Toe Weight. — The devices next shown in Figs. 

 102 and 103, for balancing the action of horses has many features 

 which will recommend it to attention. I have used it for many 

 years, and it has proven to give satisfaction in all cases. The 

 foJJ.€rtving is the ml^Bl^d of adjusting it to the foot : 



