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front action. Two front toe calks are set back on each side 

 of toe. This allows the foot to break over the toe more 

 quickly. The toe being 

 scooped from outer A to 

 inner A, gives the foot a 

 better hold as it leaves 

 the ground. The toe and 

 heel calkings being made 

 in the shape of a three- 

 cornered file, sink in the 

 ground easilj and pull 

 out easily. If the shoe 

 is properly made and ap- 

 plied to tlie long-gaited 

 horse, it cannot fail to 

 quicken the front action 

 on a hard track 



Fig. 197 



Fig. 196. front foot four-calked shoe, 

 weight, seven ounces. 



Calkings are three-sixths of an inch high. 



This shoe I designed for a horse with long 



pasterns and plenty of hock ac- 

 tion. On a hard track it is a 

 splendid shoe for some horses. 

 The toe is set slightly back from 

 the front of the shoe. It is bev- 

 eled inwardly and made sharp, 

 'so that it will easily sink in the 

 ground and prevent the foot from 

 slipping back when the foot leaves 

 the ground. I have used this 

 shoe with perfect satisfaction. 

 Fig. IDS. This style of shoe 

 Fig. 197. hind foot shoe. I designed to prevent forging 



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and scalping. The weight being placed from the point of the 



