p 2 The Compleat Horfeman : or y 



way of Shoeing, three or four Days after the change 

 of the Moon, to caufe your Horfe's Hoof to grow 

 the better, which is what wedefire. 



If the Feet which grow too much at the Sole, 

 have the Heels ftraiter nearer the Shoe than above, 

 then you mull not retrench the fides of the Foot, 

 A.CD.F. as I deftred you before, but you muft 

 ihoe them with Panton-fhoes to enlarge their Heels •, 

 for befides, that thefe Shoes will open the Heels, 

 they will alfo hinder the Sole to grow fo much 

 downwards, and fo the Foot will take a better 

 ihape: When you fhoe with a Panton-fhoe, it muft 

 follow the circumference of the Foot, and the 

 Branches muft not be ftraight •, you muft alfo keep 

 the Sole ftrong, without taking any thing almoft 

 fr^m it, otherways your Horfe will halt; you are 

 therefore to take nothing from the Sole, Heels, nor 

 any other part when you fhoe him, but only the 

 Q;uft, or that which rifes like a fcurf, and you muft 

 always (horten the Toe by cutting it with a Cutting- 

 kaife, proportionably as you (hall find occafion : 

 Make the fhoe altogether flat, without vaulting it, 

 IFor although it reft a little upon the Sole it matters 

 mot, becanle you are to force the Foot to grow lefs : 

 His Fore-feet being fhod, caufe him to ftand with 

 them all Day long amongft his own Dung, being a 

 little moiftned, and let him not work for eight or 

 ten Days, until he be accuftomed to thofe kind of 

 Shoes , afterwards you muft ftep him abroad upon 

 ca-fie Ground, to ftrengthen his Feet. 



Thereafonwhy the Foot being reftrained with 

 this kind of Shoeing, taketh its right fhape again, 

 3s becaufe thofe Horfes which have Flat-feet, and 

 .round Soles, have too much nourifhment in thur 

 Soles, and particularly at their Toes, and too little 

 at the upper part of their Feet : Now that the Pa- 

 ftern- Veins furnifh this fuperrluous Nourifli men t, is 

 evident when People take out a Horfe's Sole, be- 



caufe 



