Now to fix the feet of a horse whether front or hind, 

 begin with the foot first that looks to be the highest at the 

 heels, because if you should start to fix two feet and one 

 foot is a good deal lower at the heels than the other you 

 cannot cut the heels of the foot that are the highest low 

 enough to place the foot at the same angle with its mate, 

 if you had fixed the foot that had the lowest heels first. 

 \ A good rule in fixing feet, and you will find it true 

 nine times out of ten, is, when fixing front feet, always 

 cut the outside from toe to heel down first, unless you are 

 shoeing a paddler, then cut the inside of the foot down to 

 a level to correspond with the outside that was fixed first. 

 The reason for fixing feet in this manner, is, if you should 

 cut the inside down first chances are you would not be 

 able to cut the outside to a level with the inside, for you 

 will cut to the sensitive part, on the outside of a front foot, 

 quicker than the inside, and it is just to the reverse with 

 hind feet. The front feet should not be left high on the 

 outside, unless the horse is a paddling gaited one, for it 

 creates friction, or a strain on landing and leaving the 

 ground, it also helps to create faulty action. Nearly all 

 the hard shin, knee and arm hitters I have come in contact 

 with, their front feet were highest on the outside, low on 

 inside, or a contracted inside quarter, and sometimes a 

 very badly contracted inside quarter at that. To fix front 

 feet of trotters and pacers for different purposes or ways 

 of going you can refer to the index on the different sub- 

 jects in this book. 



There is very little attention paid to the hind feet. 

 They try to get them the same length and angle, but there 

 are very few hind feet properly fixed to control a per- 

 fect line of action, to lengthen or shorten the stride, to 

 close or widen the action or to elevate or lower the action. 

 There are very few floormen that can level and balance a 

 hind foot. In preparing it for a shoe to correct faulty 



