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SCIENTIP^IC HURSESHOEIXG. 



Fig. 79. felt swab. 



C, C, Inside of swali. B, B, Strap ami 

 buckle. 



lioof, extoiidiiig above the 

 coronet. This is espe- 

 cially valuable iu liot, dry 

 weather, when the hoof 

 loses the moisture from 

 the orrouiiJ and becomes 

 brittle and hard. The 

 swab can be made of 

 thick felt, after the j>at- 

 tern shown in Fitr. 70. 



Abnormal Feet. — Before making an examination of faulty 

 limbs, it is proper to present the subject of abnormal feet. Tlie 

 foot is in pi>rfect poise when it is level and balanced, the heels 

 being of the same height, so tliat the liorse lands upon both 

 alike, and springs from a level toe, after he has rolled over quar- 

 ters of the same height. The 

 heels must not be too high, nor 

 the toe too h>ng, nor the hoot 

 out of proportion at the sides, 

 taking the median line of the 

 cleft of the frog as the basis 

 of measurement. 



Fig. 80 represents a per- 

 fect front foot. It is placed 

 properly under the carcass. 

 The vertical line, A, A, 2)asses 

 down through the axis of the 

 cannon bone, and reaches the 

 ground at the posterior angle 

 of the wall and bar. The line 

 B B intersects the line A A ir on 



riG. 80. PERFECT FKOXT FOOT. 



at the center of the ankle . . . , ,. 



A, A, Axial line of leg. B, B, 



joint, and passes through the Axial line through cofFm bone. 



