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ward, never upward nor forward. People imagine that thi 

 is done by the toe of the shoe, but the shape of the wound 

 shows that it is inflicted by the edge on the inner circumfer- 

 ence of the shoe : it is done as the hind-foot is drawn back. 

 Sometimes a portion of the skin is scooped quite out. 



This accident is easily prevented, by cutting away the edge 

 of the shoe, as shown in Fig. 20, A. But the proper shoe 



Fig. 20. 



for the hind-foot of hunters ought to present a half-round sur- 

 face to the ground, similar to that shown in Fig. 21. 



B, represents the ordinary shoe, having the sharp edge, 

 which cuts the heel in over-reaching. 



There is a kind of over-reaching, which is termed forging 

 or clicking. In trotting, the horse strikes the middle of the 

 fore-shoe with the toe of the hind one. The noise can be 

 prevented by allowing the toe of the hoof to overhang the 

 shoe a little, but there are no means of preventing the blow 



