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SCIENTIFIC HOKSESHOEING. 



Fig. 31. enolish seated shoe for 

 kackixg or .saddle iioksks and for 

 general driving i'l'rposes on horses 

 having good stoxg arched feet. 



rack, ■which is especially 

 adapted for saddle horses, 

 being a rapid, attractive 

 style, graceful and pleasant 

 for a rider — though, as horse- 

 men know — exactinor on the 

 stamina of a horse. The 

 gait is performed by the ac- 

 tion of each lateral biped in 

 rotation. The revolution of 

 the front feet exhibit a hisrh 

 knee action, full of mettle, 

 with a hard, almost perpen- 

 dicular descent; in conse- 

 quence of which there is an 

 aptitude in horses of this 

 class to overreach and thus strike oft" the front shoes by the for- 

 ward thrust of the hind feet. 



The objects to be looked to in shoeing the racking horse 

 are to provide a secure footing and avoid unnecessary concussion 

 or the mischance of picking up stones. The shoes for the front 

 feet should therefore be of a light concaved pattern, such as the 

 English seated shoe show u in Fig. 31, or in case of overreach use 

 the scoop-toe rolling motion shoe, Fig. 121, as this will quicken 

 the action of the front limbs; and for still quicker movement 

 over the toe, use a plain roller-motion shoe, such as Fig. 125. 

 For the hind feet the addition of heel calks to shoes, as shown 

 in Fig. 140, will give a more effective footing by sinking deeper 

 into the ground. In all cases, however, the feet should be kept 

 strong in all parts and the shoes fitted accurately to a firm po- 

 sition on the wall, as for the perfect foot, Fig. 28. 



The General Purpose Horse. — This class of horses may 

 be held to include numerous miscellaneous representatives of all 



