638 



SHOEING. 



447 shows a good adjustment. Fig. 445 shows the toe too 

 long. Fig. 446 shows the toe too short, with fetlock too straight. 



Fig. 439.— Too short 

 and upright. 



Fig. 440. — Too oblique. 



Fig. 441. — Natural ob- 

 liquity of ankle. 



If the heels on a pair of boots are too high, there will not only 

 be unnatural strain brought upon the calf of the leg and ankle 



Fig. 443. Fig. 443. Fig. 444. 



Different modifications ol obliquitj' and length. 



while walking, which in a short time produces weariness and 

 pain, but a sliding or crowding of the foot forward against the toe 

 and upper. This condition in a short time would cause a shoulder 



