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Fig. 209. Bastard Running Plate. All nmuing horses 

 with weak heels ought to 

 be shod with bar shoes. 

 Letter B, the bar. Letters 

 AAA, deep concave on the 

 ground tread, to prevent 

 slipping. 



I always put four nails 

 in the inner and outer quar- 

 ters of light shoes. By so 

 doins the shoe is less lia- 

 ble to spring and twist on 

 the foot. 



Fig. 209. AV eight of shoe, 5 ozs. 



Fig. 210. Shoe to Prevent Cross-firing. This is a 

 hind foot shoe, with rim on the center of the shoe. Letters 

 AA, rim on shoe. This stvle 

 of shoe is to prevent cross-fir- 

 ing ; rim to be placed on the 

 outer side of the long outside 

 branch at the heel. Some 

 speed horses, after the foot 

 leaves the ground, are inclined 

 to carry the foot and legs un- 

 der the body. With this style 

 of shoe placed on the foot, 

 with the rim on tlic long out- 

 side branch of the shoe, as 

 the foot leaves the ground, it 

 will be almost impossible for 

 the foot and leg to swing un- 

 der the bodv. 



Fig, 210. Weight of shoe, 7 ozs. 



The rim on tlie shoe will sink in the ground 



