spring. If it is suspected . that the horse is 

 troubled with navicular disease do not pack 

 the crevice of the frog with a hard roll of pack- 

 ing; just wedge in a little loose oakum or cot- 

 ton, and do not put in any packing on top of 

 the frog if it is going to cause pressure on it. 

 The navicular joint lies directly above the 

 center or cleft of the frog and any pressure 

 that may come at that point will cause lame- 

 ness ; that is, the horse will go out lame, and 

 gradually get better, 'Svarm out of it," as they 

 say, but he will be sore there ag'ain as soon as 

 he gets cooled out. If you think the horse 

 flinches a little when he first goes out, rake out 

 the packing that is between the frog and pad 

 or bar of the shoe with a foot hook, and see if 

 he does not go better at once. 



It is advisable when a pad is used, to draw 

 down a clip at the toe of the shoe, and another 

 back near the heel nail-hole on the outside — 

 usually between the two last holes. If it is not 

 convenient to put on a toe clip, put it on at the 

 outside forward quarter. The clip takes much 

 of the strain off from the nails and prevents the 

 shoe from being driven back or out of place. 

 If the shoe is a square-toed shoe, it is well to 

 draw down a clip at each corner of the square, 

 and dispense with the clip at the outside heel. 



If the colt is a line trotter with medium ac- 

 tion in front and scalps or touches his hind 

 shins, shoe him with a five or six-ounce, three- 

 quarter flat tip in front. By "three-quarter" I 

 mean a tip that comes back three-quarters of 

 the way on the foot. In preparing the foot do 

 not touch the heels; set the tip down into the 



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