A GREAT HORSE 



track, it was noticed that he was inclined to brush his 

 knees a little, and to remedy that evil his shoes were 

 changed by taking some of the weight off from the 

 inside of the shoe, and putting it on the outside, but 

 without changing the weight of the shoe. This shoe 

 was worn until last year when another change was 

 made on account of some facts that were noted when 

 he went his two exhibition miles at Terre Haute in the 

 fall of 1900. 



It was noticed that on the hard, smooth footing on 

 the track there, that the soil broke away a great deal 

 under his hind feet, and to remedy this he was shod 

 during 1901 with a small grab on the toe of his hind 

 shoe, so as to hold it better in the ground, and a heel 

 calk was also put on the hind shoe to level the foot. 

 This seemed to help him quite a little and make him 

 much better gaited, and it is also believed that it made 

 him much less liable to make a break. From the first 

 it was noticed that he seemed to travel better in front 

 with his old style shoe, and that is accounted for by 

 the fact that his old shoe is rounded off at the toe, and 

 allowing him to break over easier, and his shoes have 

 always been rounded to help him in that way. It has 

 always been thought better to use a piece of felt be- 

 tween the shoe and the hoof to lessen the concussion 

 as much as possible, but the sole of the foot has always 

 been exposed. Cresceus has a very small foot and is 

 a light-stepping horse, and to these two facts is at- 



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