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SCIENTIFIC HORSESHOEING. 



the inside will be too high. By applying the leg and foot 

 tester on the leg and foot, it will readily be seen wdiicli heel 

 is the higher. In all cases, pare the feet perfectly level, 



as shown on pages 94, 95, 97, 

 Figs. 17, 18, 19, 23. Always 

 bear in mind to keep the heels 

 of the same height and the toes 

 of the same length from coronet 

 band to ground tread. If tlie foot 



twists in, take a piece of sole 

 leather thick enough to make up 

 the difTerence between tlie two 

 sides of the heel ; cut the leather 

 the same shape and width as the 

 shoe ; ht the leather extend to 

 the center of the shoe at the toe ; 

 l)unch a rivet hole in the heel of 

 the shoe ; rivet the leather at the 

 heel of the shoe, as shown on 

 page 220, Fig. 110 ; then com- 

 mence about three-quarters of an 

 inch in front of the heel and grad- 

 ually thin the leather down to 

 the center of the toe, as shown 

 in Fig. 110, page 220. By so 

 doing, the foot can be built up to 

 a perfectly level bearing on the 

 ground tread ; so that when the foot lands on the ground it 

 will land perfectly level from heel to toe. The thickness of 

 the leather must be made to suit the case in hand. If the 

 foot and jDasterns twist out, the inside of the heel will be 

 the higher, and the leather must be jDlaced under the outside 



Fig. 1. 



