ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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Fig. 1. Ground surface of a right fore hoof of the regular form 14 



2. Pair of fore feet of regular form in regular standing position 15 



3. Pair of fore feet of base-wide form in toQ-wide standing position 15 



4. Pair of fore feet of base-narrow form in toe-narrow standing position. 16 



5. Forms of hoofs 16 



6. Limbs and hoofs in profile 18 



7. Left fore foot of regular form, shod with a plain "fullered" shoe 22 



8. Side view of hoof and shoe 23 



9. An acute-angled left fore hoof shod with a bar shoe 25 



10. A fairly formed right fore ice shoe for a roadster 25 



11. Left fore foot of regular form shod with a rubber pad and "three- 



quarter" shoe 26 



12. A narrow right fore hoof of the base-wide (toe-wide) standing posi- 



tion, shod with a plain, "dropped -crease" shoe to prevent the 



toe cutting (interfering) 26 



13. Hoof surface of a right hind shoe to prevent interfering 27 



14. Ground surface of a shoe shown in the previous figure 27 



15. Side view of a fore hoof shod so as to quicken the "breaking over" 



(quicken the action) in a "forger" 28 



16. Side view of a short-toed hind hoof of a forger, shod to slow the 



action and to prevent injury to the fore heels by the toe of the hind 

 shoe _ 28 



17. A toe-weight shoe to increase the length of stride of fore feet 29 



18. Most common form of punched heel-weight shoe to induce high 



action in fore feet 29 



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