not feel one, two or three ounces increase of weight in 

 hind shoes. Horses stepping fast as a rule do not do any 

 forging and, of course, the lighter they can go the better. 

 There are many horses — fast trotters — that forge or scalp 

 jogging, that would go cleaner or purer by applying a four- 

 ounce toe weight, some may need a five-ounce weight, lots 

 of them have to be jogged too fast in order to prevent 

 forging or scalping, when perhaps a toe weight would be 

 the remedy. A horse going a 2:10 gait will feel the effects 

 of a one or two ounce weight as much as one going a slow 

 gait would feel the effects of four or five ounces. 



Take a side view of your horse as he is driven by and 

 locate the faulty action, you will be able to tell if it is too 

 short, too long, too high or too low, too rapid or too dwelly, 

 front or hind action. If the lost action is in front as to 

 height, extension or rapidity, fix the feet to help the shoes 

 to perfect the action. If the front action is too low shorten 

 the toes, leave the heels high or raise them with shoe or 

 side calks and shoe with a shoe five or six ounces heavier, 

 more or less, as the action requires, use a square or bevel 

 toe shoe. A rolling toe shoe is good on slow-going horses, 

 the horse should carry his head higher than usual. If the 

 front action is too high, lower the quarters and heels as 

 low as they will stand, and shoe with a light shoe, and if 

 there is not extension enough use a toe weight to balance 

 up action, the horse should carry his head lower, or natural. 

 If the hind action is too low shorten toes as much as they 

 will stand and add several ounces more weight and raise 

 the heels a half inch or more. If hind action is too high 

 lower quarters and heels as low as they will stand, keeping 

 plenty of toe on hind feet and shoe with a very light shoe 

 to prevent slipping. If he is handling his hind legs too 

 rapid for the front ones, this last sentence will remedy that 

 also. I have seen obstinate forgers at a slow gait stopped 

 by carrying from two to three times more weight on the 

 hind feet than in the front feet, and vice versa, according 

 to their front or hind action. 



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