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SCIENTIFIC HORSIvSHOEING. 



Fig. 208. For too much Knee Action. As I have so 

 often said, scarcely any two speed horses are shaped and 

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



one speed horse would not 



be suitable for another. Some 

 horses have not enough knee 

 action, while others have too 

 nuicli ; arc too short in their 

 front stride. I designed Fig. 

 20S foi- a horse that had too 

 much knee action. I designed 

 this style of shoo to jii'event 



Fig. 208. Weight of shoe, 8 ozs. 



elbow and ;inn hitting. Let- 

 ter A, front toe calk, being 

 beveled from inner face of the 

 shoe to the outer edge of the 



toe calk, will lengthen the ground tread of the shoe ; the shoe 

 is to be beveled on the outer wall bearing at the same angle as 

 the outer wall at the toe and quarters. By so doing, the 

 ground tread of the shoe will be lengthened. Letter B, bar. 

 Letters CC, side heel calkiugs, the same height as front toe 

 calking. As a rule, the longer the ground tread of the shoe 

 the loncer the stride, and the less liable to hit their elbows. 



This style of shoe is one of the best shoes I have ever 

 used to prevent elbow hitting in speed horses. 



