No. 7. 



Number 7 is a not infrequent, but on tlie contrary, 

 a very common form of foot to be seen on many of 

 our horses, more frequently behind, and it is the 

 cause of crooked legs, Curbs, Spavins, Knuckling, 

 etc. In preparing this foot for the shoe, the 

 length and depth of the front of the foot needs 

 attention from the smith with his rasp to remove 

 the surplus. It most likely cannot, usually, be 

 accomplished with the first preparation, that is, 

 it cannot be gotten immediately to absolutely 

 correct proportions, and it is not good judgment to 

 undertake to get it so, at once, as the change would 

 be too positive. Nothing must be taken off the heels 

 of such a shaped foot until they shall have had an 

 opportunity to grow down to below proper depth, so 

 in the meantime until they shall have grown to 

 proper depth, support the heels of the foot with small 

 calkins on the heels of the shoes — none on the front 

 part, however — gradually lessen the depth of shoe— at 

 each resetting or re-shoeing— at heels,calkins included, 

 until the foot shall have grown down to proper depth, 

 when shoe with plain shoes of even thickness all 

 around from heel to heel. 



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