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THE HORSE S FOOT, 



FIGURES XIII. AND XIV. 



Figs. 13 and 14 represent two near fore shoes, removea 

 from the same horse at different times : — the first, which la 

 full of defects, was replaced by the second, which is entirely 

 free from them. 



Fig. 13. 



Pig. 13 — Is the portrait of as faulty a shoe as could be met with, — whose 

 glaring defects we will endeavor to turn to a useful account by con- 

 Bidering them first in detai"], and then in comparison with Fig. 14, 

 where they have been corrected. 



a 0. The heels, — showing that the shoe becomes thicker and 

 thicker, as it proceeds backwards, until it forms a perfect 

 wedge, the base of which is fully double the thickness of 

 any other part of the shoe. 



h h. Show the marks of the crust, bearing upon the shoe ; and 

 prove, by the absence of a defined termination, that the shoe 

 was too short for the foot, and had not reached to the heels 

 of the hoof. 



c C. The seating, — discontinued just where its presence was most 

 required, and a mass of iron left to project into the angles at 

 the heels, where pressure should be particularly avoided, aa 

 conducing to corns. 



d. Four of the nail-holes, punched entirely in the seating, in- 



stead of in the flat surface around the shoe. 



e. The last nail-hole on the inner side, placed so far back in tht 



quarter as to prevent the possibility of the foot expanding. 



