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If he is nin in on his feet he wit knocK his ankles until he is straight- 

 ened. This is not seen by many. It racks the horse's ankles bad. 



There is another point to be looked to where this nin-over-feet busi- 

 ness exists. Stand behind your horse and see if his legs are on a 

 perpendicular Hne; that is, see if the hind drive-wheels do not stand 

 under too much.; that> is, his feet huddled together In case they 

 should by being runover, or from want of proper work done on his 

 feet, the effect would be bad in many ways. Look up to the center of 

 the drive-wheel ; there is a fulcrum of levers up there. If his leg 

 stood under from a perpendicular line his weight would act at that 

 center or fulcrum of levers. These levers act both ways. They are 

 all right when they all act together, as nature intended they should. 

 When thrown out of harmony they work against the horse and his 

 owner badly. These principles work the same on the forward part of 

 the horsa. Sometimes one wheel is badly out of cfrder, sometimes 

 all ; sometimes two ; sometimes three. Go and look your horse all 

 over, put him in motion, and if you have got an eye for a horse you 



can see. 



No. 5. 



Cut No. 5 shows the foot natural; that is, the covering of the 

 sensitive part. It shows the surface of the sole and frog internally : 

 the heels are low and wide apart ; the foot nearly round in shape ; 

 the sole nearly flat down ; the double heels and frog all rest on the 

 ground, or floor equal, and this is the way it always should be. 



No. 6. 



