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punch two small nail holes 

 in heel of shoe, as shown in 

 diagram. The shoe should 

 lie easily on the wall back 

 of the quarter crack. After 

 the foot has been shod apply 

 the foot salve and remedy 

 as heretofore prescribed. 

 Cover the quarter crack and 

 the coronet with the white 

 cotton thoroughly saturated 

 with the salve. Apply the 

 linen bandage well around 

 the whole foot, so as to hold 

 the dressing to the wounded 

 parts. Warm the salve in 



well with the iron, made warm for this purpose. Observe 



these instructions and a permanent cure can be effected. 



Fig. 116 is a front view of a shoe which I have used in 



a great many cases of quarter crack with most satisfactory 



results. 



Fig. 116. shoe for qttartek crack. 

 A, Set-oflf, one-half thickness. " 



Rate of Speed, of Trotters and Pacers. — I give here a 

 table showing the distance covered per second by a horse when 

 going at speeds varying from a 2:00 to a 2:30 gait. The table 

 given is believed to be a substantially correct compilation of the 

 figures. 



It will be noticed that in the distance covered by the horse 

 when going at a rate of speed of from 2:30 to 2:20 there is an 

 approximate increase of three inches per second for each addi- 

 tional second's lowering of the speed rate, while in the speed 

 rate between 2:10 and 2:00 the increase amounts to four and 

 one-tenth inches per second. A horse going a mile in two 

 minutes would distance Martha Wilkes, Palo Alto and Maud S., 



