SPECIFIC AND REMEDIA]- SHOEING. 



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Fig. 23, this shoe will be found 

 very effective for use in any of 

 the cases mentioned. 



Pig. 155. Front foot scooped 

 toe or grab shoe, with side heel 

 calks for trotting and pacing 

 horses inclined to twist or slip in 

 landing or rising. 



It is a waste of power and 

 loss of motion for horses to twist 

 or turn in any way out of a direct 

 forward line, and by use of the 

 scooped-toe in this shoe we have 

 an excellent corrective for this 

 tendency, as w^ell as a valuable 

 aid in speed getting. 



Fig. 156 is a new form 

 of double rolling motion bar 

 shoe, designed to quicken 

 the action in front, and thus 

 prevent stumbling, forging 

 and speedy cutting. By the 

 increased knee action which 

 this shoe gives it will also 

 relieve soreness of tendons 

 and feet. When used for 

 sore tendons, after the foot 

 is properly leveled, build up 

 the heels to take off all pos- 

 sible pressure from the back 

 of the leg, by inserting a 

 thick piece of sole leather 

 under the shoe to cover the 

 bottom of foot, gradually 

 leather from 



Fig. 155. front foot bar scooped- 

 toe GRAB SHOE. 



To prevent slipping, scoop the toe 

 from A to B, around to C, C. 

 D, D, Side heel calks. Dot in cen- 

 ter of bar, rivet hole for leather 

 when required. 



thinning the 



Fig. ioU. FRONT foot center bearing, 



DOUBLE rolling MOTION BAR SHOE, TO 

 QUICKEN THE FRONT ACTION, PREVENT 

 SPEEDY CUTTING, FORGING, STUMBLING, ETC. 



A, A, High center point in shoe, grad- 

 ually beveled forward to B, at toe, and 

 bacic to C, at heel bar. D, Side view of 

 shoe, representing the foot-bearing face 

 by straight line, and the ground face by 

 the easy bevels each way from center. 

 The thickness of center is to be regulated 

 to suit the necessities of the case. 



