weight to be on inside of foot. Tf the horse wings in with 

 both front feet use the pocket weights on both feet and fix 

 both feet as directed above. This will have a wonderful 

 effect in developing muscle while taking his slow work that 

 will help to prevent winging in so bad when he begins faster 

 work. This knee knocker should be shod with a side 

 weight shoe, the heft of weight on inside of foot, shoe 

 should be very light on outside. This shoe should be made 

 thick on inside with a bevel thinned towards the outside 

 toe, a difficult shoe to make to be used when pocket weights 

 are discarded for fast work. 



X. A BAD SHIN, KNEE AND ARM HITTER. 

 TROTTER. 



A chronic shin, knee and arm hitter was a horse called 

 Rustler, owned at Richmond, Va. In the early part of the 

 summer that he raced so well, he was working miles 

 around 2:41 and 2:42 but very unsteady, breaking con- 

 tinually. He would begin by hitting his shins, as speed 

 was increased he would hit his knees and arms so hard that 

 he would not stay on the trot. He was brought to me to 

 shoe by his colored groom, who also brought his boots, as I 

 had never seen the horse in action, but after seeing the 

 boots he wore, I saw at a glance he needed as far as gaiting 

 or balancing was concerned, to be regenerated. He was a 

 large horse, and his feet had not grown much from the 

 last shoeing so as I could change them to my liking. I was 

 informed that he went best in light shoes, but the owner 

 told me to use my own judgment, so I did. I made a pair 

 of sideweight shoes, 18 ounces with toe and heel calks, the 

 heavy side of shoes on the inside of each front foot, the 

 outside of each front shoe as light as possible. After level- 

 ing his hind feet, a light shoe with heel calks was put on. 

 The owner, Mr. C. J. Smith of Richmond, Va., came to the 



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