hind shin ; gets it in a couple of strides, tries 

 to braid all of his legs together and — but you 

 recognize him. He is one of the first ones you 

 ever trained and one of the last ones you want 

 to train again. To shoe a colt of this kind cut 

 his front toes off as much as possible ; you will 

 not at best be able to cut them off as much as 

 you think you can, for the laminae of that foot 

 runs out '* under the eaves." ]\Iake an open- 

 toed bar-shoe weighing 12 or 14 ounces. 

 Put all of the weight possible in the 

 bar and draw the web of the shoe down to a 

 feather edge in a three-quarter inch, half-oval 

 swedge. Let the web of the shoe come for- 

 ward so there is an open space of about two 

 and one-half inches at the "toe" of the shoe 

 (or where the toe is supposed to be, but in this 

 case there is no toe) ; let it extend back of the 

 heels at least one and a half inches so that the 

 foot is brought back under the leg, so to speak. 

 Make the bar thick and, if you wish, put in a 

 thick w^edge of sole-leather or aluminum be- 

 tween the heels of the foot and the shoe, rivet- 

 ing it onto the bar in the center and letting it 

 run forward to the heel nail on each side ; this 

 to raise his heels higher. Round off the ex- 

 posed wall from the bottom at the toe so it 

 will be smooth and not break oft" and smooth 

 off the nail-heads. Put on a plain, square-toed 

 shoe behind and fit the heels close, just like 

 you would plate a runner. The colt will not 

 know what to do Avith his feet the first time 

 out, but give him a little time to regain confi- 

 dence and when he finds he is not ooing^ to hit 

 at every step he will repay you by showing a 



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