THE HORSE 8 RERCUE. 



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No. 3. 



Thi3 cut No. 3, shows the horse in his circle and balanced in the 

 center, and vet he is badly out of harmony of action, caused by im- 

 proper care of his feet and contraction. This is what I call balancing 

 the horse between runover feet, contraction, and leverage. This is 

 what I call a bad job. It has balanced him over forward, tipped his 

 ankles forward, and his kneej that is caused by leaving the heel too 

 high, or toe too low, or both. Sometimes the fault is all in the slioe 

 by dressing the foot ; it can be done in that way, and often is, and in 

 many and many degrees of this and on the same hor.se. This horse 

 is not so liable to fall over backwards as the horse shown in cut Ko. 2, 

 but he is liable to lose the use of his feet and legs, and has, nearly. 

 He has but very little action, and is liable to fall at every step if lie is 

 hurried. His feet are bad, both internally and externally. He is a 

 great sufferer, and the cause is located in his feet. Reader, you may 

 think this picture overdrawn, some of you, but I assure you it is not. 



