HORSESHOEING. 



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(normal) position (Fig. 68), and designate all forward 

 deviations as acute-angled (long toe and low heel, Fig. 67), and 



Fig. 65. 



A pair of feet of the base-narrow (toe-narrow) position seen from in front and from behind. 



all deviations backward from the regular position as upright 

 (short toe and high heel, Fig. 69), steep-toed, or stumpy. 



When the body-weight is uniformly distributed over all four 



Fig. 67. 



Fig. 68. 



Fig. 69. 



An acute-angled hoof. 



A normal-angled hoof. 



An upright ("stumpy") 

 hoof. 



limbs, the foot-axis should be straight (Figs. 67 and 69), not 

 " broken " (bent) ; the long pastern, wall at the toe, and foot- 

 axis should have the same slant. 



