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SCIENTIFIC HOKSESHOEINGl. 



toe calkin on 

 ground tread, 

 and the point, C, 

 at wliicli to com- 

 mence to bend 

 the front i)art of 

 shoe down from 

 the toe. Fig. 178 

 shows the posi- 

 tion of the pas- 

 terns and foot 

 after it has been 

 dressed and tlie 

 shoe nailed to it. 

 I liave been 

 V e r y successful 

 in usino-this style 

 of shoe in ex- 

 treme cases of 

 knuckling, espe- 



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Figs. 179 and 179a. 



Fig. 178. 



cially in colts of yarious 

 as:es, from six months to 

 two years, Eyen aged 

 i horses can be thus bene- 

 fited. This explanation 

 should be sufficient, as the 

 cuts speak for themselyes. 

 B}' using the shoe as here 

 ilhistrated, the pastern can 

 bo quickly straightened 

 and the ground tread of 

 f(K)t be forced to its natu- 

 ral position. The ten- 

 dons, ligaments and l)ones 



