heels of the spring have been properly fas- 

 tened by imbedding them in the horn at the 

 heels of the foot, wrap a narrow piece of 

 leather around the front loop and drive a 

 horseshoe nail — that yon have previously flat- 

 tened the head on — up through it and clinch, 

 thereby fastening it to the toe of the foot, and 

 if the shoe does come ofif it will stay in place 

 until you get back to the stable. After the 

 spring has been in the foot a few minutes put 

 the shoe on, fitting it full and flush with the 

 wall and punching the nail holes well forward 

 so that the heels will be permitted to expand, 

 not alone from the force of the spring, but 

 through the additional force of the weight of 

 the horse, especially when he is in motion. A 

 horse shod in this manner can be worked and 

 raced, and by removing the shoes and pads 

 every few days and opening the springs a 

 trifle the horse will get better gaited and bet- 

 ter tempered as the pain caused by the pressure 

 of the walls on the sensitive laminae dis- 

 appears and the lateral cartilages gradually 

 drop back where they belong. 



Contracted feet and corns go together. 

 There are corns— so-called — in feet that are not 

 contracted, but the real troublesome, deep- 

 seated corn is the one that is to be found in 

 the heel or heels of the contracted foot. The 

 corn starts at the top of the wall, and when 

 vou hear a man tell of "cutting a corn out" 

 of a contracted foot, just imagine a hole bored 

 from the bottom of the horse's foot up inside 

 the wall to the place of its origin near the 

 coronet. When the walls of the foot contract, 



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