mile some day with only five or six breaks in 

 it, and yon may be able to sell him or get some 

 public trainer to race him on shares. There is 

 danger always that in walking or jogging he 

 will pull off the front shoes, and I would advise 

 the use of a heel strap or close fitting quarter- 

 boot. 



I have heard the opinion expressed that a 

 horse that scalped or hit his shins could not or 

 should not wear calks on his front shoes, as 

 they would injure him. This opinion is worthy 

 of consideration, but I cannot agree with it in 

 all cases. I have seen a horse scalp worse on a 

 track when the soil was rather deep and loose 

 with a smooth shoe than he would with a rim 

 or a three-calk shoe on his front feet. And 1 

 have known horses that were completely cured 

 of the scalping and speedy-cutting faults by the 

 application of shoes with low, sharp grab-calks 

 on them. Some horses can't go a lick with a 

 calk on the front shoe ; others cannot do their 

 best without them. A trotter that glides along 

 in front, making two distinct impressions of his 

 front foot on the track every time he lands, 

 will not do well with a calked shoe on. The 

 wide-webbed, thin, plain shoe suits him better. 

 A calk will stop his "slide," shorten his stride, 

 interfere with his front action, throw him com- 

 pletely out of balance and oftentimes make him 

 so sore in his muscles that you will think he 

 has been foundered. 



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