:N'umbers 30 and 31 show cuts of a shoe for 

 the fore foot which the author has used with 

 great success. This is the only irregular shaped 

 shoe he ever used, under any circumstances, for 

 he does not believe in the use of them, has 

 been successful in his practice without employing 

 them and he cannot see the utility of using shoes 

 that are at variance with the proper level tread 

 of the foot, except that he does invariably have the 

 front of the shoe around the toe on the ground surface 

 rasped off about as much as a ten days' use would 

 lessen the depth at the toe of the shoe; he does this to 

 save the animal that much wear and tear of tendons, 

 muscles and joints necessary to produce this lessened 

 toe at surface. Such a shoe is shown In Nos. 25 and 26 

 and it will be seen to be slightly drawn from about last 

 nail hole back to point of heel. This is the proper shoe 

 to use on sound, well-balanced feet at both ends,before 

 and behind, except the toe need not be worn off on 

 ground surface for hind shoes,for there the full form of 

 shoe is needed to catch the ground well, to assist the 

 propelling of the body and the load. These shoes 

 should be made of steel not over five-eighths {%) of an 

 inch wide. But to return to No. 30. This shoe is for 

 use on a horse for speed, or for road driving, that is 

 afflicted in his joints, ankle particularly, as also some- 

 what strained in his muscles and tendons, that is, 

 after getting his fore feet trued and balanced so the 

 cause of the afflictions to joints, tendons and muscles 

 is removed, this shoe will be found to be a resting 

 shoe, as one might say, during the healing process 

 nature is indulging in, after the cause of incorrect 

 articulation has been removed. 



The artist failed to show, plainly, the worn off toe at surface 

 In 26. ' 



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