ARTISTIC HORSE-SHOEING. 



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weight on the outside of the foot. I use a ver^^ light heel 

 and no toe-calks. On the hind shoes of all speeding horses, 

 and generally on light driving horses, I always use small 

 heels, then when a horse reaches out the heel gives him a 

 firm grip on the ground so that he will not be likel}^ to slip o' 



Fig. 41.— Rolling Motion Shoe. 



strain himself. A, shows the completed shoe ; while B, gives 

 an idea of style of the calk used. 



ROLLING MOTION SHOE. 

 Fig. 41 is a rolling motion shoe. The advantage of this 

 shoe is that it increases the action of a trotter and quickens 



