8 ILLUSTRATIONS. 



TEXT FIGURES. 



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Fig. 1. Ground surface of a right fore hoof of the ' ' regular ' ' form 572 



2. Pair of fore feet of regular form in regular standing position 573 



3. Pair of fore-feet of base-wide form in toe-wide standing position 573 



4. Pair of fore feet of base-narrow form in toe-narrow standing position. 574 



5. Side view of an acute-angled fore foot, of a regular fore foot, and of a 



stumpy fore foot 574 



6. Side view of foot with the foot-axis broken backward as a result of too 



long a toe 576 



7. Left fore hoof of a regular form, shod with a plain fullered shoe 580 



8. Side view of hoof and fullered shoe 581 



9. An acute-angled left fore hoof shod with a bar shoe 583 



10. A fairly formed right fore ice shoe for a roadster 583 



11. Left fore hoof of regular form shod with a rubber pad and " three- 



quarter ' ' shoe 584 



12. A narrow right fore hoof of the base-wide standing position shod with 



a plain "dropped crease" shoe 584 



13. Hoof surface of a right hind shoe to prevent interfering 585 



14. Ground surface of shoe shown in fig. 13 585 



15. Side view of a fore hoof shod so as to quicken the "breaking over" 



in a "forger" ^ 586 



16. Side view of a short-toed hind hoof of a forger 586 



17. A toe- weight shoe to increase the length of stride of fore feet 587 



18. Most common form of punched heel-weight shoe to induce high action 



in fore feet 587 



