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tion of the offending leg when in action, which not 

 once in a hundred cases can be altered. We have no 

 resource but defending the part hit by a proper boot 

 or legging for this express purpose, a most incon- 

 venient and unsightly thing at best, and, moreover, 

 all but certain to gall and chafe the leg to which it is 

 applied. I should say, put the horse to a description 

 of work where the pace in which he is apt to cut is 

 not required. 



Cutting or hitting the hind legs is, of course, far 

 less objectionable than the same failing as regards 

 the fore ones, not alone from its not subjecting the 

 rider to danger, but the hind parts being lighter than 

 the fore ones, we can take greater liberties with the 

 hind legs as regards shoeing, and can throw them by 

 such means more out of their natural position than 

 we can the fore ones, and still interfere but little with 

 the horse's power, action, or safety. 



Horses are decidedly more apt to cut behind than 

 before when in harness, and vice versa when under 

 the saddle. This I consider, arises from the tension 

 being greater on the hind legs when in harness, and 



