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CHAPTER XII. 

 VALUAP.LE HINTS TO FARKIERS, ETC. 



Since the i)ublicatioii of ilio lii'tli edition of "Scientific 

 Hbrseshoeinij;" many now and valual)le ideas have occurred 

 to me as the result of my practice for sixty-three years, some 

 of Avhicli I venture to give to farriers and liorsemcn, feeling 

 confident tliat they will be of benefit to them. 



For the benefit of readers I show on pages 303-305, the foot 

 prints of the noted Queen of the Turf, Maud S., ])oth in her 

 slow work and when up to her full speed, when her stride 

 was eighteen feet six inches. She proved herself in 1885 to be 

 the greatest mare or horse living. I show also on page 306 

 the stride and foot-prints of Jay Gould in 1864; third, 

 on page 307 the stride and foot-prints of the majority of 

 race horses when up to speed ; fourth, on pages 308-9, the stride 

 and foot-prints of horses cross-firing with the right hind foot 

 and leg ; fifth, on page 310, of splay foot horses ; sixth, on the 

 same page, of pigeon-toed horses ; seventh, foot-prints of the 

 line trotters on page 311 ; eighth, hitching and hopping on right 

 hind foot and log on pages 313-15. Tliese drawings should 

 be of great value to the thoughtful farrier and horseman. 



My theory has always been first to locate the cause of 

 the faulty action in the gaits, and then as a result of removing 

 the cause the defect will cease. No fixed rule can be given 

 for shoeing any two horses alike, as there are scarcely any 

 two horses shaped and gaited alike. As a result, the sliai:)e 

 and style and weight of shoes that suit one horse will not suit 



