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strengthened as much as possible, and therefore the 

 hinder shoes should be clipped at each side as well 

 as at the toe. 



Xo Prevent Over-reacliing-, or Klicking^. 



Shoe your horse heavy forward — two pound shoe 

 — making the heel of the shoe twice the thickness 

 of the toe. The hind shoe made short, narrow web, 

 and very light, with toe twice the thickness of the 

 heel. Placing the heavy shoes to the forward feet 

 will cause him to lift his feet with more energy ; also 

 the heel of his forward feet, and the toe of his hind 

 feet, will so reverse the action that in the majority 

 of cases they will travel clear. 



Interfering: \%^itli tlie Mind Feet. 



I think I can safely say that more than half of 

 the horses now in use are animals that cut their 

 ankles, and it is a great objection. A horse of that 

 kind is rejected by many dealers, but I argue that 

 if they are properly shod, the cause can be removed. 

 The habit that smiths in general have of leaving the 

 inside of the toe twice the thickness of the outer side, 

 is all wrong. The shoe should be narrow web, and 

 very light, each side of the same thickness. The toe 

 calk should be welded to the toe one half inch inside 

 of the centre, leaving the inside of said calk the 

 highest. Heel calks the same height. By so doing, 

 the outside of the shoe is one inch longer than the 

 inside. It is now necessary to pare the outside of 



