\t^^ IVsHKI*^. inches for horses 16 hands. That is 

 assimiilating close to tk^^|figure^J)epth of foot from 

 1 to 2 should be about4wS^tStft) of the depth from 

 1 back on an imaginary line running directly through 

 the foot to 3, and this depth from 1 to 2 should measure 

 about 314 inches, from connection of wall and flesh 

 at number 1 down to surface of wall at number 2 on a 

 level floor, for horses 15 hands and up to not over 

 3,^, to 4 inches for horses 16 hands. Of course these 

 measurements are not to form an infallible rule of 

 dimensions, but they are to govern for feet in ordi- 

 narily good condition of health and growth. No foot 

 must be rasped down to these measurements, if in 

 doing so there would be danger of going so low as to 

 leave the sole weak. When the sole yields slightly, 

 only, from a very hard pressure of both thumbs, then 

 the foot surface is pared, low enough. If the proper 

 depth of foot can be obtained before reaching to the 

 point where the sole will yield to pressure as ex- 

 plained, all well and good, don't pare down any 

 further. Never pare down to a point that the sole is 

 not strong enough and thick enough to properly pro- 

 tect the foot, for that is what it is placed there for 

 and only so much of it should be removed as is neces- 

 sary to get the foot at proper depth and so it (the sole) 

 will not bear direct on the shoe. 



In a very short space of time the eyes and mind of 

 the owner, the smith, the trainer, etc., will become so 

 educated as to see at a glance what is the proper pro- 

 portion, angle, etc, as here described, so that no 

 measurements will need to be made. 



