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SCIENTIFIC HORSESHOEING. 



the raising or lowering of 

 the weights on the foot. By 

 placing both weights over 

 No. 1, the weights, being 

 placed over the center of the 

 foot, wdll prevent the foot 

 from bending or doubling at 

 the toe, and will stop the 

 worst cases of elbow and 

 arm cutting. 



Ankle, Shin and Knee 

 Fig. 104. right front foot shoe, to pre- Hitting. — As a rule horses 



VENT ANKLE, SHIN AND KNEE HITTING. _£t. 1 i • 



^ ^ . . , , 1 , X X , SO aiiected, hit one les: or the 



C, Starting point of bevel at center of ' » 



toe to a thin feather edge at B, then other by striking it with the 

 gradually lessening the bevel around the ^ ^^e foot from the point 



outside rim of shoe to A. _ _ 



of the inside toe to about 



the heel nail. By beveling oft" the shoe on the outside rim, 



therefore, as shown in Fig. 104, 

 from C to B, at middle of toe, 

 to A, at last nail hole, will pre- 

 vent any thing like an inward 

 dip as the foot leaves the 

 ground, and will cause the 

 ankle and knee to be carried 

 outward from the opposite foot 

 and thus avoid becoming 

 bruised or cut. 



Fig. 105 shows a hind foot 

 shoe intended for extreme 



cases of ankle hitting, where 

 Fig. 105. left hind foot shoe for ^^^ j^^j.^^ j^-^g ^-^j^ ^^^ j^^g-j^ 



point of the toe. This occurs 

 calkin. with horses that stand in the 



ankle hitting. 

 A, Inside toe calkin. B, Inside heel 



