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you want, then draw out the heels as lig-ht as j^ou wish 

 them to be. 



I prefer this shoe to any toe-weight placed on the foot, 

 and I believe that the action of any horse can be increased 

 with this shoe, and the horse can be balanced quicker and 

 easier than by the toe-weights on the top of the foot. 



Fig. 16.— Toe-Weight Shoe (Concaved). 



Some liorse men object to having a horse carry the 

 weight in the shoe. Now reason will tell 3^ou if a horse 

 carries the weight continually he will get used to it and it 

 will not tire him or strain the cords of his legs ; but if we 

 give the horse all his work to do with light shoes and when 

 we come to speed him, put on extra weights on the top of 



