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SCIEN T I F I C 1 1 ORSES 1 1 ( ) F I N ( ; . 



FlQ. IL'S. FRONT FOOT SHOE, FOR BALAN'CING 

 AND SQUARING THE ACTION AND GAIT OF 

 HORSES, WHEN INCLINED TO HACK OR PACE 

 AND SHUFFLE. 



squared ami balaiicoil. In 

 order that the shoe may 

 liave the desired eti'eet, 

 the quarters must be well 

 concaved from the ground 

 surface. In proportion^ 

 then, as the weight is les- 

 sened in the (quarters, the 

 toe of the shoe will be 

 relatively lieavier. This 

 shoe can be used to quicken 

 the horse's action bv being 

 rolled on the ground sur- 

 face. 1 have used it with 

 the most satisfactory re- 

 sults. 



Fig. 129. This shoe is intended only for slow work in gait- 

 icg horses. If the shoe be made according to the instructions 



following, and head checked 

 down with standing martin- 

 gale, as described in Chap. V, 

 page 110, balancing the action 

 if horses, a pacer that never 

 -truck a trot will trot at once. 

 To make the shoe, select a 

 ;iar of iron one-half inch 

 thick, and shajie the toe and 

 quarters, then with a chisel cut 

 from center of quarters, leav- 

 ing one-half inch thickness at 

 toe. Graduallv draw the shoe 

 Fio. 12«». IMPROVED TOE-wEiGiiT SHOE, thinner from toe to heel ; cut 

 A, A, Insertion Tor the frog. ^^ j^ j^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^lie frog. 

 B, B, B, B, Concave on ground sur- t) -o t5 "d 



face. The inner edges, ii, 13, i>, ±5^ 



