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ARTISTIC HORSE-SHOEING. 



again so as to relieve the pressure. This shoe can be calked 

 the samt' as any bar shoe if necessar^^, but the closer we 

 keep the diseased foot to the ground, the better it will be, 

 and Vtif> sooner it will get into good condition. 



Fig. 40.— Side- Weight and Toe- Weight Combined. 



SIDE-WEIGHTS AND TOE-WEIGHTS COMBINED. 



Fig. 40 shows a sidc-Aveight and toe-weight combined. I 

 use this shoe in balancing the action of all horses. If the 

 horse is inclined to hobble or hitch I use whis shoe on the 

 hind foot and increase the weight. There is no question as 

 to the good results of appl^-ing this shoe to any horse if 

 you get weight enough. If the first shoe fails to produce 

 the propel' result, increase the web, always placing the 



