XXL WHEEL SWINGING. 



A trotter that is wheel swinging a hind leg, has de- 

 veloped a line of action that is tiresome, controlled mostly 

 by the muscles on the outside of leg, that unbalances action 

 at speed to a certain extent, and it looks unsightly to a good 

 judge of gait, when coming to you or going from you. 

 To correct this faulty line of action of wheel swinging, 

 keep the toe of hind feet nearly as long as the front feet, 

 and have the angle of the hind feet within two or three 

 degrees of the same as the front feet. If the angle of front 

 feet is fifty degrees have the angle of the hind feet about 

 fifty-two or three degrees. Lower the outside of hind foot 

 a full quarter of an inch or more than it will be on the 

 inside, begin lowering the outside of hind foot at the center 

 of toe back to outside heel, have both hind feet the same 

 length and angle. Shoe with a sideweight shoe heaviest 

 side of shoe on inside of foot, with heelcalks, and place 

 a thin low calk about one inch long on inside toe of shoe in 

 line from first to second nail holes. After the first shoeing, 

 if line of action has not improved as it should, you must 

 lower the outside of hind foot still more, but if you cannot 

 lower the foot have a shoe made thicker on the inside toe 

 and thinner on the outside toe and quarters, with the three 

 calks on it and there will be more of a change. This change 

 can be made in the first shoeing if you have enough of 

 foot to change, but it is best for the horse and owner not to 

 make too radical a change too quickly. It is best to do it 

 in two or three shoeings, especially on a horse that has a 

 lot of speed. Slow going horses can stand more of a radi- 

 cal change than fast ones. 



The directions in this article for the cure of wheel- 

 swinging, by foot fixing and shoeing, will create a sudden 

 change, at different points, on the bones of the foot and leg, 

 so as to create a leverage at a particular point as the foot 

 leaves the ground, to control a more perfect line of action. 



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