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THE PRACTICE OF SHOEING. 



4. TROTTING HORSES. 



In theory, the trotting shoe should be as Hght as possible, 

 but inasmuch as trotting courses differ materially from the 

 ordinary race-course, increased durability is necessary. The 



Fig. 228.— Steel fore shoe for trotter with toe-weight. Total weight, 15 ounces. 

 a, projection on wliich the weight b is slipped and fastened by screw C. 



best shoe is broad at the toe, the cover diminishing markedly 

 towards the heels. The broad toe prevents the hoof sinkino- 



Fig. 229.— Steel hiud shoe for trotter, one-third natural size. Weight, 5^ ounces. 



in sandy or moist soil. The hoof surface is flat, the heels 

 rounded and bevelled off ; there is only a slight clip ; the six 



