witliout tlie foot adjuster, a foot can be placed 

 at a proper angle with the leg- by standing 

 off a few feet from his shoulder and noting the 

 slant of the pasterns and the general makeup 

 of his leg and foot. Do not depend too much 

 on the foot adjuster; it is a good thing in a 

 good, careful man's hands, but it has been 

 abused by incompetents or "don't care" shoers. 

 The best foot leveler in use today is the trained 

 mechanical eye, with a common-sense indica- 

 tor behind it. 



If the colt's action in front is low, and he 

 stubs his toes, and is lacking in knee action, 

 put on a heavy bar-shoe made of half-round 

 iron or steel and have the nail holes well coun- 

 tersunk, so there will be no projections of any 

 kind for he is liable to scalp or speedy cut, or 

 both. A very good plan, where considerable 

 weight is necessary to make a colt "break 

 loose" and go to trotting, is to use a rubber 

 pad and a half-round tip squared at the toe. A 

 colt can carry more weight in rubber with less 

 effort than he can in metal and there is a 

 rebound to it that helps him to a full, round 

 revolution. When the object for which the 

 weight is put on is attained, it should be taken 

 ofif. In some cases it is necessary to reduce 

 weight carefully and gradually, but this does 

 not always apply to colt trotters, as once the 

 youngster discovers he can trot — finds his gait, 

 so to speak — taking off a good portion of the 

 weight at one time will not bother him. If he 

 does miss it, and shows you that he misses it 

 by mixing and shuffling when he starts out, a 

 heavier quarter-boot or a light toe-weight put 



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