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will pare the foot so the shoe will rest only on shell 

 until we corne to the heel. Leave brace in, pare flat, 

 and fit all around — no springing business about it. 

 Well, what are you going to do with those low heels? 

 It is getting cold here ; we canH wait for those heels 

 to grow. They must be raised to-night. Won't to- 

 morrow do as well ? There will be a lot more horses 

 to the shop to-morrow, and there will be no time. It's 

 fearful cold here. I guess you can stand the cold. 

 Let us go to the shop and make a pair of shoes for 

 this horse. What sort of shoe shall we make for this 

 horse to relieve him ? In his present condition he is 

 braced out ; head down; chest sunken in; shoulders 

 dropped back ; great strain on back tendons or cords; 

 the heels are even at top ; the sole is a little raised up. 

 She should stand back of straight comfortable. That 

 will be all we can do to-night. We will make a shoe 

 with wide web, at toe quite wide ; very thin at toe ; 

 one inch thick at heel ; taper from center of toe to 

 heel. It should be made as light as possible ; thinned 

 an trued so as to reduce weight ; wide where the heels 

 rest ; concave clear out to nail holes ; holes in shoe 

 close to edge. This concave should stop at about one 

 inch and a half from the heel. The brace should be 

 cut away slanting toward the frog. We want to get 

 the sole down by the weight of the horse. That ex- 

 pands the foot. The shoe should be made full acros^s 

 the quarter; it is too narrow. It has been cut off. 

 Get.the colt's foot in shape — round, easy toe to rise on ; 

 good length shoe, not stuck out at heel. Let us go to 

 the barn. I am getting somewhat tired. It is awful 

 cold here, too. These shoes were made by eye and 



