Il8 EVERY MAN HIS OWN TRAINER. 



shoe against the inside of the toe of the shoe on the front 

 foot, which is caused by the horse not getting his front feet 

 out of the way. In these cases, if you will put on a shoe in 

 front with the most of the weight in the heel, that is a good 

 wide web two-thirds of the distance from the heel to the toe 

 on each side of it, and cut it out around the toe very nar- 

 row and light, your horse will pick up his feet much quicker 

 and get them out of the way of his hind feet. 



With some horses that have been wearing toe weights 

 and scalps bad, try a shoe with all the weight you can get in 

 the toe : turn the point of the toe up a little, taking away 

 the toe of the foot so as to fit the shoe ; round off the toe 

 with a file similar to an old shoe that has been worn — that 

 will make them break over quicker and go clear. If either of 

 these do not correct the fault, put on both feet behind a shoe 

 that is about as heavy again on the outside as the inside, 

 leaving the outside heel about half an inch longer at least 

 than the inside ; that will make him go wider behind and 

 they will pass the forward feet without* any interference. It 

 is safe to say that eight out of ten horses that can go fast 

 wear this kind of shoe behind, ranging in weight from six to 

 eight ounces. It is the best shoe you can use on a horse that 

 interferes behind, and unless he is a very bad confirmed 

 knocker, it will cure him. 



Many horses get the habit of going a little sideways be- 

 hind ; that is, going with one hind foot in between the for- 

 ward feet, which causes them to hitch behind, as it is called, 

 and making them rough gaited. This is a habit that is con- 

 tracted by a majority of horses, both young and old, who are 

 being worked to develop speed, more especially new beginers. 

 No horse can go fast until this habit is corrected. Inmost 

 cases of this kind the horse has more stride with one front 

 foot than with the other. The usual way of remedying this 

 fault, with most people, is to put a heavy shoe on the outside 

 of the hind foot, that goes in, which will correct the fault in 

 many cases. If your horse goes inside with his right hind 



