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SCIENTIFIC HORSKSIIOKIXC. 



the foot from becoming bruised. I believe that an occasional 

 change to the open shoe will be beneficial in giving the foot 

 more active use of the frog. 



Fig. 123, on the opposite page, illustrates a front foot shoe 

 designed to prevent forging, to lessen knee action and shorten 

 the stride. 



1. For forging, if the hind foot hits under the toe, cli}> out 

 in the toe as shown in the foregoing diagram. Lessening the 

 weight from quarters to the toe will allow the horse to get his 

 foot quicker out of the road of the hind foot, thus preventing 

 this defect. 



2. If the horse has too much knee action and stride, taking 

 the weight from toe, as shown opposite, lessens the stride and 

 knee action and serves to equalize the gait. 



In either case the shoe is to be gradually thickened from A, 

 A, to the heels. By so doing the front foot will be assisted in 

 getting out of way of the 

 hind foot,andwhere the hind 

 foot hits up under the toe, 

 forging will be prevented. 



Fig. 124. Horses that 

 paddle do so by reason of 

 the faulty position of the 

 leg and foot. Paddling con- 

 sists in springing from the 

 inside toe when the foot 

 leaves the ground, causing 

 it to swing out from the 

 body. The shoe (Fig. 124) 

 was designed to assist nature 

 in equalizing the weight, 

 through the axis of the leg 

 and foot, and is shown here 

 from the ground side. 



Fig. 124. improved non-paddling 

 front foot shoe, designed by s. t. 



HARRIS. 



Bevel outer rim of slioe from inner 

 A to a thin edge at outer B, gradually 

 diminishing the bevel to outer A, back 

 of the quarter. 



