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HORSESHOEING. 



Til© foot-axis (line of direction of the three phalanges) and 

 the wall at the toe form an angle of from forty-five to fifty 

 degrees with the horizontal ground-surface. 



From this normal or regular standing position, there are 

 deviations forward as well as backward. 



Forward Deviations. — '' Standing in front " or " camped 

 in front " (Fig. 50) is that position in which the entire leg 

 from the body to the ground is placed too far forward. Sheep- 



FiG. 53. 



Fig. 54. 



Standing under. 



Knee-sprung. 



hneed (Fig. 51) is that position in which the forward deviation 

 is from the knee downward, the knee being placed too far under 

 the body. " Weak- jointed/' " low-jointed" or " acute-angled " 

 (Fig. 52) is that position in which the limbs are perpendicular 

 and straight down as far as the fetlock- joint, but the feet are 

 placed too far in front. 



Backward Deviations. — Standing under in front (Fig. 53) 

 is that deviation in which the entire leg from the elbow down 

 is placed back of the perpendicular line and, therefore, too far 



