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a three-quarter shoe, which may be very readily 

 made from that in use by cutting off its outer 

 heel. 



The use of all the above remedies should be 

 discontinued as soon as increased strength or im- 

 proved action allows them to be dispensed with, 

 because all deviation from a level tread is an evil. 



In some cases all alterations of shoeing are in- 

 effectual, and in these a boot, as the term is, must 

 be worn. 



83. Over-reach is a wound of the heel of the Over- 



reach. 



fore foot, inflicted by the under inner or posterior 

 edge of the toe of the hind shoe. The attention 

 of the reader is particularly directed to the fact 

 that the blow is struck by the inner and not by the 

 outer or anterior edge of the shoe. 



To prevent over-reach, the inner part of the toe 

 of the hind shoe should be carefully and thoroughly 

 sloped off from the upper to the lower edge. This 

 part of the shoe is commonly left square, and 

 becomes sharp by friction with the ground. Of how 

 sharp it becomes, the reader may satisfy himself by 

 picking up the hind foot of almost any horse that 

 has been shod a fortnight or three weeks. 



There is no security against over-reach in merely 

 rounding off the under inner edge of the hind shoe 

 at the toe, for the rounding will soon wear off. But 

 with a good slope from the upper to the lower edge, 



