takes an expert to detect the high and low side of a foot. 

 Horses that wing into their knees and those that paddle 

 away from their knees, and line trotters, contract this 

 fault because of an improperly prepared foot to control 

 the faulty line of action and at times not carrying the 

 proper amount of weight front and hind to balance the 

 action so that the hind action will work in harmony with 

 the front. 



If the horse wings in toward his knees with one or 

 both front feet fix the front feet according to the directions 

 in this book in the chapter on winging in or knee hitting. 

 If the horse paddles out away from his knees, I refer you 

 to the, chapter on Paddling to prepare his feet by, and use 

 the shoes therein prescribed. If the front action is exces- 

 sive and lofty you must lower the quarters and heels to 

 give him a longer leverage to leave the ground from, and 

 shoe with a light shoe, and balance him with a toe weight 

 for extension, and have the feet the same length and angle. 



To prepare the feet on a speedy cutter, rasp down or 

 lower the inside of foot from centre of toe back to inside 

 heel to a level or a fraction lower than the outside of the 

 foot, have the toes of both feet the same length, and at the 

 angle he shows the most speed with. Shoe with a side- 

 weight shoe, the heavy side of shoe on the outside of foot 

 and calked to prevent slipping. 



To shorten the hind stride use a light shoe, raise the 

 heels and shorten the toes of the hind feet as much as they 

 will stand. To lengthen the stride of the hind feet, lower 

 the quarters and heels to a longer angle to leave the ground 

 from, and add several ounces more weight than the horse 

 has been carrying to each shoe; the inside edges of hind 

 shoes from the toe back to quarters should be beveled off. 

 The edges of front shoes should be beveled off on both 

 outside~and inside. 



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