angle, it is not a safe proposition to give the 

 colt any fast work for several days^ or until 

 the joints and ligaments have become adjusted 

 to the new order of things. I have seen a 

 colt's feet cut down one dav, seen him oet a 

 stiff workout the next, and the following morn- 

 ing felt sorry for him and his trainer when he 

 showed two beautiful, bowed tendons — the 

 result of ignorance and misapplied industry. 



There is a vast difference in feet, and this 

 should always be considered by the colt shoer 

 and the trainer of colts. The wall of the white 

 foot is finer, thinner and weaker than the dark 

 foot and wall. The color of the foot is con- 

 trolled by the color of the hair and skin cov- 

 ering the coronary band. A white streak or 

 a number of them in the wall of a dark foot 

 is caused by white hairs or a patch of white 

 on the coronary band. These white streaks do 

 not necessarily denote weakness, or presage 

 foot trouble out of the ordinary, as some people 

 think; at least I have never discovered that 

 they did any particular damage. 



Particular care should be exercised in the 

 treatment of the foot with a thin, delicate wall. 

 A small nail should always be used, and while 

 it is necessary to use the coarse rasp on the 

 bottom of the foot, it should never be used in 

 finishing off the clinches. A fine, flat file will 

 do the work much smoother and without dis- 

 figuring the wall of the foot or destroying its 

 enamel to any great extent. 



If the colt's foot is low at the heels and the 

 wall is til in and weak 1)ack there, the proper 



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