case just try to imagine just how those two front feet land 

 on the ground with the legs wide apart at the upper arms 

 and the feet landing straight in a line or nearly so at speed. 

 The question is, should the outside of front foot be lower 

 than the inside, if so, how much, to distribute and equalize 

 the concussion on both sides of a front foot at the heels 

 when at speed. What I am trying to explain is, if you have 

 a fast trotter or pacer and he does not paddle, and you are 

 working to develop speed intending to race, and if the out- 

 side of the front feet are the highest and the inside of the 

 hind feet are the highest, every time you work this horse 

 with unbalanced feet you are guilty of one of the greatest 

 crimes that are committed by trainers and horse-shoers. 

 In fixing the front feet on all fast horses, trotters or 

 pacers, that do not paddle, first rasp the outside of a front 

 foot down to where you want it, toe and heel, then you can 

 rasp the inside of the foot down to where it will suit the 

 action of the leg the best. The reason for this is you can 

 always lower the inside of a front foot a lot lower than you 

 can the outside of same foot and when you rasp the inside 

 of a front foot down first, nine times out of ten you will not 

 be able to rasp the outside of the same foot down to a level 

 with the inside. Now the hind foot is just to the reverse. 

 Always rasp to lower the inside of a hind foot down first to 

 where you want it and then take the outside down to a level 

 with it. If you do not fix feet by this rule, the sensitive 

 portion of the foot will often prevent you from lowering it 

 enough to level up matters with opposite side, and the sensi- 

 tive parts of the foot that will prevent you from doing this 

 will be the outside of a front foot and the inside of a hind 

 foot. This is the main reason why so many floormen in 

 shops all over the country cut the inside of front feet too 

 low for the outside, and leave the inside of the hind feet 

 too high for the outside of same. But if you will fix feet 

 by this rule you will be right the most of the time. 



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