will be the blow if he hits. The knee hitter should be shod 

 as lightly as he will go at speed, balanced. The lighter the 

 weight he is carrying the lighter the blow if he strikes. 

 The best kind of a shoe for a knee-hitter is a side weight 

 shoe with the heavy side on the inside of the foot; good 

 results are obtained with heel and toe calks, the toe calks 

 well set back on the toe of the shoe. 



These calks on the shoe of a knee and arm hitter 

 should be a little thin so as to catch hold of the ground as 

 the foot goes to twist before he picks it up ; they will pre- 

 vent a certain amount of twisting while the body of the 

 animal is gliding over the weight-bearing portion of the 

 leg as the foot leaves the ground. They will have a ten- 

 dency to make him break over squarer and not so hard on 

 the outside toe as the foot is leaving the ground. Now if 

 your knee-hitter wears a toe weight attach it towards the 

 inside toe as far as possible but not far enough to the 

 inside so as he will strike the opposite leg with it. When 

 the feet of a knee-hitter have been gotten in the shape as 

 described herein and shod accordingly; why, the horse will 

 think that he has been baptized and born over again. A 

 perfect foot is rare, but with good judgment, a good eye and 

 a little patience and perseverance a lot can be accomplished 

 that will surprise some of those that think they know it 

 all. In a knee hitter, also in an arm hitter, the bones of the 

 foot and leg do not work true in their sockets, clear up to 

 the knee, even the joint at the knee does not work true, the 

 knee joint has a faulty motion, instead of breaking straight 

 forward, it breaks out sideways as the rest of the leg 

 starts to wing in. By building the foot mostly to the inside 

 of the leg and having width and height of foot on the 

 inside you are taking some of the power away that causes 

 the winging in, and the breaking outward of the knee. 

 It is something strange, but I have known knee and shin 

 and arm hitters to be turned out with their shoes on in 



