elbows needs to be balanced by foot fixing, and the applying 

 of weight to go on as light a line as possible, because the 

 harder he pulls on the bit when at speed the more he is 

 inclined to hit his elbows. 



If the hind stride is too long and d welly, shorten the 

 hind toes considerably and use a square toe shoe and raise 

 the heels with a side calk. If the hind stride is too short 

 lower the quarters and heels of the hind feet as much as 

 they will stand and add two or three ounces more weight 

 to the hind shoes. With toe and heel calks a horse with a 

 long cannon bone, with lofty action that flexes his foot 

 from the ground with a snap is more likely to hit his elbows 

 than a horse with shorter cannon bones. 



XIII. AN UNUSUAL CASE OF ELBOW 

 HITTING. 



A horse that hits the right elbow with the left foot and 

 the left elbow with the right foot is seldom seen. The 

 horse Hunter Hill would begin doing this when going at a 

 2:40 gait or better, and would act bad and unsteady. He 

 was brought to me to shoe and I was told he could not 

 carry any weight. As he had not enough foot to change, I 

 told the trainer he would have to carry weight to counteract 

 the faulty winging in to the elbows. I made a pair of 

 eighteen ounce heavy side weight shoes with the weight on 

 the inside of each front shoe, thin heel and toe calks, toe 

 calks well set back on toe of front shoes. These shoes 

 took him away from his elbows and he raced good over the 

 half-mile tracks stepping miles around 2:12. After he got 

 gaited these side-weight shoes were discarded for plain 

 lighter shoes. 



XIV. PADDLING. 



Just the reverse to winging in, a tiresome lost motion, 

 a source of worry to horse and driver, especially if the 



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