I have had to take a three and one half ounce shoe oft" 

 a colt that trotted eighths of a mile in seventeen and a 

 quarter seconds, that was scalping jogging, and shoe him 

 with a ten and a half ounce heel weight shoe nailed back 

 near quarters of hind feet to prevent him from scalping at 

 the jog, after two changes in the front shoeing. 



XX. SIDEWEIGHTS. 



Sideweight shoes with the weight on the outside have 

 a different effect or result on front and hind action. An 

 outside-weight shoe on a front foot has a tendency to make 

 the leg wing in, and an outside weight shoe on a hind foot 

 will widen and lengthen the stride, if feet are properly 

 prepared, so you see it widens the hind action and closes the 

 front action. To close the action of the front leg with this 

 sideweight, lower the front foot on the inside. To widen 

 the action of hind leg, lower the inside of hind feet. This 

 sideweight shoe will help a paddler that has to carry a little 

 weight, if you will lower the inside of the foot, but it is 

 no good for a knee knocker. The outside-weight shoe has 

 a different effect on front and hind action, has a tendency 

 to close one and widen the other. 



Sidew r eight shoes are good to correct the following 

 faulty lines of action if the feet are correctly prepared for 

 them to help the shoe, for if the foot, or feet, are not prop- 

 erly fixed to help the line of action this faulty fixed foot 

 will work against the effect of the sideweight, and the re- 

 sults will be very unsatisfactory. Sideweight shoes are best 

 for winging in, or paddling out, with front legs, hitching 

 or hopping. or carrying a hind leg in, out of line, or carry- 

 ing a hind leg between the front legs, also good for a wheel 

 swinging hind leg. 



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