72 HORSESHOEING. 



A peculiar form of foot is the so-called hear-foot (Fig. 70), 

 in which the foot-axis, viewed from the side, is broken strongly 

 forward at the coronet. The wall at the toe stands much 

 steeper than the long pastern and is more or less convex; in 

 other words, a low-jointed, sloping pastern is attached to an 

 upright hoof. Such a foot is sometimes improperly called a 

 " clubfoot." 



C. Lines of Flight of Hoofs in Motion. 



If we observe horses moving unrestrained over level ground, 

 we will notice differences in the carriage of the feet. Viewed 

 from in front, or from behind, in the regular standing posi- 

 tion of the limbs the hoofs are carried forward in a straight 

 direction^ — that is, in a line parallel with the median line of 

 the body (Eig. Yl). The toes likewise point -straight forward; 

 the hoofs alight properly (flat) on the ground. If the horse 

 stands hase-wide, the hoof is carried in a 

 circle; from its position, which is behind 

 and well out from the median line, the 

 hoof passes first forward and inward until 

 it is close to the supporting leg, and then 

 outward to the ground (Eig. 72), where 

 the shock is received principally upon the 

 outer toe. -The toes point either directly 

 forward, as in the regular standing posi- 

 tion (Eig. 72), or forward and outward as 



The "bear-foot." . . " ./ .,. .^. ^_, -^ , 



m the toe-wide position (Fig. 73). In the 

 toe-wide position the hoof in its flight may cross the median line. 



Exactly the reverse is true of the horse that stands hase- 

 nmrow; in this case the hoof is moved in a circle whose con- 

 vexity is outward, — ^that is, the hoof from its position behind, 

 and close to the median line, is carried forward and outward 

 and then inward to the ground (Figs. 74 and 75). 



Viewed from the side, the line of flight of a hoof is deter- 

 mined largely by the obliquity (slant) of the foot-axis. 



