LEG AND FOOT TESTER. 



FOB, LEVELING AND BALANCING THE FEET CORRECTLY 

 UNDER THE LEGS AND BODY OP THE HORSE. 



It is a fact well known to all, that no piece of machineiy 

 can work smoothly and last long unless it is set perfectly 

 plumb and level ; and so it is with the horse. If the feet and 

 legs are not set plumb under the body, some part of the feet 

 and legs will give out. Unless the feet and legs are breaking 

 straight through the journals of the joints at each footfall, 

 there will be overtaxation of some portion of the i>iuscles and 

 joints. By using ray leg and foot tester in dressing the foot, 

 and following the instructions given, the foot and leg can be 

 correctly balanced under the body, so that tlie joints will 

 work properly in their journals at each footfall. By so doing 

 you will avoid foot and muscle soreness. The old adage is, 

 "Prevention is better than cure." 



I have shown by three drawings how to properly use the 

 foot and leg tester. Fig. 1 shows how to use tlie leg and foot 

 tester. First, hold the leg up in the left hand, as shown in 

 the drawing; then lay the tester straiglit down the tendons, 

 as shown, with lower end across the heels, as indicated in the 

 drawing. Looking over the bottom of the foot, it will 

 readily be seen if the bottom of the foot is level. Be sure 

 tliat the bottom of the foot is level from heel to toe, as shown 

 in the diagram. By holding the leg above tlie upper pastern 

 joint, leaving the foot and pasterns hang loose, in some 

 cases the foot and pasterns Avill twist in or out. If the foot 

 twists in, the outside will be too high ; if the foot twists out. 



