How to widen 

 a Horse's Foot 



SO COLONEL HANGER TO 



ing, that the points of the fore shoes have 

 nearly touched at the heel. I am certain 

 this has been the cause of laming numbers, 

 and would have lamed many more v^ere it 

 not from the fme soft turf they are ex- 

 ercised on. 



I have frequently bought strong boney 

 horses, v/ith feet infinitely contracted. In 

 four or five times shoeing I have widened 

 their feet above one inch, and, in time, 

 brought them to have a good foot, broad 

 and open at the heel. To accomphsh this, 

 the shoe must be made quite straight, from 

 the centre, to the heel, not in the smallest 

 degree turned in at the points ; pare the 

 contracted points away, and let the point 

 of the heels rest on the shoe. The heel, 

 thus rested on the shoe, will naturally ex- 

 pand. Some people may say this method 

 of shoeing may make the horse cut: I deny 

 it ; the horse never cuts with the heels of 

 his shoes ^ naj^, even in the speedy ^cut, he 

 strikes his leg with the centre of the shoe. 

 When a Run- Wlicu a runuino^ horse is badly let down, 



ning Horse or O J , ' 



badiy^^eT '' ^s it is tcmied, in the back sinews, the best 



down in the . . i r r 



sinews of the wav IS to tum him to the stud : tor 1 am 



fore leg- *^ 



