Number 11. A cut of the "toe in" foot. This 

 faulty action is just as fatiguing to the animal as the 

 " toe out " foot, but it is rarely thought of because 

 neither leg is interfered with at any point, by the 

 action of the foot of the opposite one coming against 

 it. This foot requires a preparation for the shoe 

 almost the opposite of the "toe out" foot. The 

 surface wall should be rasped down from 1 all around 

 the inside of the wall of the foot to 2 on outside toe as 

 marked, see cut No. 12. The foot should be taken in 

 front of the leg by the smith and the outside of the 

 wall at the inside toe rasped off to match the outside 

 one, as shown on cut No. 11 from 2 to 3. The shoe 

 should be fitted full from 1 to 3, snug inside the wall 

 from 3 to 2, and full from 2 to 4 and follow the line of 

 the wall from 4 back to point of heel, as shown on cut 

 No. 12. 



Number 13 is a cut of the wide foot, about as wide, 

 or wider, as it is long on its surface lay. This is a 

 weak foot and the wall, it will be noticed, is separated 

 from the sole. Many people say a foot cannot be too 

 broad or too wide ; they are mistaken, it can, and here 

 is an evidence of it. Sucti feet are usually found to be 

 broad on the ground surface but narrow and tight at 

 the coronet, a condition that causes an impoverished 

 growth of the wall, and it is evident such is the case, 

 for the wall of such feet will usually be found to be 

 thin as also brittle. In such a foot that discoloration 

 in the sole called ''corns" will be often discernable 

 and it arises from the same cause as described under 

 the article on " Corns " which see. The proper manner 

 of shoeing this foot is to fit the shoe evenly under the 

 wall all around, except to have it a trifle full at the 

 heels, if they shall be found to have become curled in- 

 ward somewhat— not an infrequent condition to be met 

 with in such feet— knock a clip on the shoe inside and 

 outside at the quarters — or at the broadest part of the 

 foot and this is not invariably at exactly what are 

 designated as the quarters — at points designated by 

 space from 1 to 2 and 1 to 2, and have tlie last nails at 

 the back of the shoes, carried well back towards the 

 heels— just the opposite to that prescribed for placing 



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