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is, long-continued soakings are prejudicial, and even washing the feet 

 had better be dispensed with, especially when the enamel has been 

 wounded by the rasp or file. It was also shown that driving the 

 nails cut these tubes off, and that below the severed portion the horn 

 is virtually dead. The low hold arising fi-om driving the nail from 

 the inner parts of the wall does less injury than when it takes the 

 curving direction and a high hold, and the larger the nail the greater 

 the damage. Four small nails (No. 3) will hold a tip of the size 

 figured in l^e cut firmly in its place as long as it should be worn ; 

 and in cases where I have been negligent in resetting, the tip Avas 

 not misplaced until that and the nail-heads were worn away, so that 

 the tip could be pulled off without cutting the clinches, and yet it 

 was retained by the slight hold which the worn nails gave. 



In the cut the nail-holes are shown in order to show the manner 

 of countersinking. It is scarcely necessary to state that when placed 

 on the foot the nail-heads have quite a difierent appearance. 



This description, I think, will be quite sufficient to explain the 

 mode of setting and the reasons in brief for following that system. 

 The toe-weights have been described in the appendix, and the cuts 

 will complete the lesson. 



Note. — As it might be thought that my partiality for tips and 

 favoritism for the colt warped my judgment, I requested O. A. Hickok 

 to make a careful and close scrutiny to see what the effect had been 

 of constant wearing of tips on Anteeo. The appended certificate 

 shows the result : 



Oa^and, March 29, 1883. 

 I have, to-day, critically examined the feet and legs of Jos. Cairn Simpson's 

 colt, Anteeo, and hereby certify that, in my estimation, they could not be in 

 more perfect condition. 



0. A. HiCKOK. 



