PREPARATION OP THE FOOT. 



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The general principle to be followed is — to remove 

 ■superfluous horn, to obtain a good bearing surface for a 

 «hoe, to bring all parts of the hoof equally into propor- 

 tion. A good foot so prepared, when the horse is stand- 



IG. 17. 



ing on level ground, should show, when looked at from 

 the front, both sides of the wall of equal height; the 

 transverse line of the coronet should be parallel with the 

 line of the lower border of the hoof, and the perpendi- 



