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ticularlj is this the case with colts. Some horses 

 Btrike when shod with heavy shoes, but do not 

 do so with hght ones. Others interfere from 

 some peculiarity in the conformation of the limbs.. 

 The most successful plan of preventing this habit, 

 is to straighten the inside of the shoe from the 

 toe to the quarter, allowing the heel of the shoe 

 on the inside the same inclination that it would 

 have ordinarily applied. Two nails only should 

 be driven on the inside of the foot with this shoe. 

 This is an exception to our rule in applying the 

 shoe, but it usually has the desired effect. By 

 no means make the shoe higher on one side than 

 the other, as it causes unequal concussion upon 

 the limb when the animal is in motion ; hence 

 predisposing the joints to injury. In some rare 

 cases, widening the web of the shoe, as well as 

 straightening it upon the inside, has the desired 

 effect, when simply straightening fails to accom- 

 plish the purpose. 



OVERREACHING. 



Many very good horses have this troublesome 

 habit. Young horses are more subject to over- 

 reaching than old ones; it very frequently disap- 

 pears as the speed of the animal is increased. At 

 a moderate gait the front feet do not always get 

 out of the way in time for the hind ones as they 

 are brought forwards, hence a collision takes 

 place. Sometimes the heels are cut or bruised 

 badly, and occasionally the shoes are torn from 



