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SCIENTIFIC HORSESHOEING. 



Fig. 204. Shoe for Splay-footed Horses. I desicued 

 this style of slioe for splay-footed horses where their toes 

 turn out jpid their heels turn in and stand close together on 



the gi'ound. Letters AA, 

 inner rim on shoe; letter 

 B, the bai-; letter C, the 

 outer rim ; to be made on 

 the inside of the shoe, rim 

 to be beveh^d up to a sharp 

 edge from the outside. By 

 so doing it will shorten the 

 outside ground tread on the 

 shoe ; the inner rim being 

 made to the outside edijc of 

 the shoe will lengthen the 

 ground tread, the outside 

 rim on shoe being made 

 sharp on the outside rim of the ground tread as the foot lands 

 on the ground. Tlie outer rim being made sharp, Avill sink 

 in the ground on the outside, and just in proportion as the 

 foot sinks in the ground on the outside the knee will be rolled 

 out, and the opposite foot pass the knee without hitting 

 or bruising the knee. I have used this style of shoes on 

 splay-footed horses that were known to be chronic knee hit- 

 ters. By using this style of shoes on splay-footed horses in 

 two or three shoeings, if the feet are pared and dressed ac- 

 cording to instructions given, it will have a tendency to_ 

 straighten their feet. As there cannot be any fixed rule given 

 to shoe any two speed horses with the same style and weight 

 of shoes — as scarcely any two speed horses are shaped and 

 gaited alike — the style and weight of shoes that would suit 

 one horse would not be suitable for another. So, after all, 



Fig. 204. "Weight of shoe, 9 ozs. 



