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■on its proper angle, but up into the 

 back tendons, thus causing their 

 overtaxation. 



If the hoof is pared in accord- 

 ance with the in'dications given 

 (see Fig. 68), it will stand upon 

 its proper angle. All dished feet 

 are thin at the point of the frog, 

 where great care must be taken in 

 dressing: the foot to leave sufficient 

 sole, and in shoeing observe the 

 necessity of keeping pressure oiF 

 from front part of foot. 



Fig. 68. vikw of dished front 



FOOT. 



A, A, Dotted line to which 

 surplus growth of wall should 

 be removed. B, Dotted line to 

 which surplus growth of wall 

 at toe should be removed. 



Wheeled Foot.— Fig. 69, on 

 the following page, is what is termed 

 a wheeled hind foot, having low 

 heels and high, deep toe, the reverse 

 of the defect in Fig. 68. The un- 

 natural growth is due to mismanagement of the foot. The 

 weight which should pass through the axis of the leg drops 

 back of the heel, bearing upon the back tendons and greatly 

 overtaxing them. 



When the foot, in this case, is lifted over the toe, the 

 weight, which bears upon the arch of the coffin-bone, raises 

 the point of it by the overgrowth of the toe, and draws the cof- 

 fin-bone back from the front part of the foot, thus allowing the 

 front wall to thicken up as seen in the figure. 



Common sense declares against permitting a foot to re- 

 main in this condition, when it can be placed upon its natural 

 base. 



A reference to Fig. 69 shows where the foot ought to be 

 pared in order to bring the toe to the ground, and allow the 

 foot to fall more directly under the leg. This will relieve the 



