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increase the weight and keep on increasing- until the action 

 desired is secured. 



If the horse hitches or runs behind (sometimes called 

 single footing) use this shoe. If you get weight enough 

 you Avill stop him. It requires weight to balance any horse, 

 and when you get weight enough you will balance him. 



Fig. 19. ~Sn)E- Weight Shoe. 

 SIDE-WEIGHT SHOE. 



Fig. 19 represents a side- weight shoe to be used in all 

 cases where horses have had a knee or ankle broken and 

 the legs bend in. Tlien the weight should be put on the in- 

 side on the crooked leg. This tends to throw the foot 

 inward and conseq^uently to straighten the knee, 



