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high, strong quarters and heels, with wide crust and 

 good frogs, of which the soles are of course concave), 

 the breadth, length and substance, must of course be 

 regulated according to the weight of the horse and the 

 size of his foot. In order in some measure to guide 

 the smith as to the breadth and substance of such a 

 shoe for a race-horse with a small foot, I will say, that 

 its weight should be from eight to nine ounces, and 

 should be made about two inches shorter than a com- 

 mon long shoe to be applied to such a foot. The 

 surface of the shoe next the foot may be perfectly flat ; 

 but the surface next the ground should be gradually 

 bevelled off all round, from the fullering or nailing part 

 to the inner edge, to give the horse a firmer hold on 

 the ground with his feet. 



In the fourth plate, figure 5, is represented a foot, 

 with a short stamped shoe and a strong clip at the toe. 

 The heels of the shoe approach to within about two 

 inches of the heels of the foot, to which it is secured 

 by eight countersunk nails. This shoe I recommend to 

 the notice of training grooms when they are doing a 

 little work with their horses in the spring, as, for ex- 

 ample, when they are forwarding them in their first 

 preparation ; for, on such occasions, horses in training 

 now and then throw their shoes, and more particularly 

 in their sweats; but as this shoe is nailed rather close to 

 the ends of its heels, this sort of thing is not very likely 

 to happen. 



Figure 6 is a foot with a fullered short shoe, which 

 has a strong clip at the toe, put on with six nails. I 



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