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hoof of the opposite foot. Many expedients have been 

 tried to remove this : the inside heel has been raised 

 and lowered, and the outside raised and lo^yered ; and 

 sometimes one operation has succeeded, and some- 

 times the contrary ; and there was no point so 

 involved in obscurity, or so destitute of principles to 

 guide the practitioner. The most successful remedy, 

 and that which, in the great majority of cases super- 

 sedes all others, is a shoe of equal thickness from heel 

 to toe, and having but one nail, and that near the toe- 

 on the inside of the shoe ; care being taken that the 

 shoe shall not extend beyond the edge of the crust,, 

 and that the crust shall be rasped a little at the 

 quarters. 



NOT LYING DOWN. 



It not uncommonly happens that ahorse will seldom 

 or never lie down in the stable. He sometimes con- 

 tinues in apparent good health, and feeds and works 

 well; but genen»lly his legs swell, or he becomes 

 fatigued sooner than another horse. They perhaps are 



