brazed down the outside of this web to the 

 point of the extension, and at the outside heel 

 a stiff calk is also brazed onto a trail about 

 three-quarters of an inch long, which is turned 

 slightly outward. The inside web is made 

 plain, or better still,- is made half-round by 

 drawing it through a half-round swedge. The 

 nail holes are w^ell countersunk and the heel of 

 the inside web should not extend back of the 

 heel of the foot. The foot should be lowered 

 also on the inside, the object being to keep the 

 foot toed out, for a hind foot usually goes in 

 the direction in which it is headed when it 

 leaves the ground. 



Many pacers will cross-fire and pull a front 

 shoe while jogging along at a three-minute 

 gait that will not touch a hair when going at 

 speed. It is a very disagreeable experience to 

 have a shoe pulled every day or two ; also it 

 is a very bad thing for the foot. Small, close- 

 fitting quarter-boots are generally used ; some 

 use just a heel strap to protect the inside heel 

 of the front shoe, but a confirmed cross-firer 

 will even beat these, and snatch the shoe off 

 just the same. 



Many trainers do not like a close-fitting 

 quarter-boot or heel strap on a colt as it is liable 

 to pinch the heel, especially where it is neces- 

 sary to buckle it extremely tight to keep it in 

 place. A light bell-boot is preferred, but a 

 bell-boot does not afford much protection 

 against cross-firing, and I am going to suggest 

 that on colts that are careless and are liable to 

 grab a shoe any time, and aged horses that are 

 continually grabbing a front shoe, you use 



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