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SCIENTIFIC HORSESHOEING. 



A, should be gradually thinned down to the inner edge, B, thus 

 leaving a sharp catch at the toe. I have used this shoe on 

 hard tracks with the best of success ; have known the slipping 

 defect, generally confined to the hind feet, to be reduced to a 

 minimum, and the si)eed on a hard track increased from one to 

 three seconds. 



The importance of this shoe can not be overstated. Its use 

 is to prevent the foot from slipping backward, thus tending to 

 strain the tendons as well as to produce the knee-sprung 

 troubles. The toe of 

 this shoe is gradu- 

 ally beveled to a thin 

 edge from the outer 

 to the inner surface 

 of the shoe, and 

 when this shoe is 

 worn by speed horses 

 it prevents the fi'ont 

 foot from slipping 

 backward as it leaves 

 the ground. I use 

 this style of shoe on 

 speed horses for sore 

 tendons and the Fig. 110. improved grab shoe. A, Ground tread 

 knee-sprung defect. °^«^°«- B,B. Tips of leather-heel of toe. 



This shoe can be made as light as the foot requires, as well as 

 the leg and the gait of the horse. All horses that are sore in 

 the back tendons require elevation at the heels to relieve the 

 sore tendon at each footfall. Take thick sole leather and rivet 

 on shoe where rivet holes show in shoe, at heels and quarters. 

 Then cut the leather out on inside of shoe, thus lightening its 

 weight. Afterward gradually remove the leather by commenc- 

 ing to thin it from the heels down to a feather edge at the toe, 

 on each side of quarters. By so doing the heels will be ele- 



