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avoid contact with the road. I kept the shoes on longer than I 

 sliould, in order to give him time to become accustomed to tlie 

 heavier weight, but being convinced that it was useless to try them 

 further, I replaced them with tips. 



From his heel being lowered so as to prepare the foot for the shoe, 

 the tip could not be set properly, and I was apprehensive that the 

 less amount of horn might cause bruising of the sole. But from the 

 first day he ti'aveled better, going more squarely, though he still had 

 the twist when picking his foot up. The iiext time I put tips on 

 him I let them extend to witliin an inch and a half of the 

 heel on the outside quarter, and on the inner shortened them so that 

 the toe was only covered. There was scarcely any of the twisting 

 motion left — none at all on the right foot, and he has shown a decided 

 improvement, in eveiy respect, since he wore those one-sided tips. 



I have also been trying the difference between shoes and tips on 

 the Alhambra filly previously mentioned. When she l>ecame lame 

 she was taken to Mendocino County and turned out, running there 

 through the winter and until about the first of July. After jogging 

 her for several weeks, I moved her through the stretch and found 

 that her stride was shortened from what it formerly had been, and 

 the only explanation I could give was, that she had acquired the 

 habit from favoring her leg while lame. She Avas wearing tips with 

 holes in them to apply the Eureka toe-weight, but not increasing 

 her stride to a length that was satisfactory, I concluded to try the 

 full shoe, on her fore feet, weigliing about 18 oz. each. The fastest 

 mile she trotted while wearing the shoes was 2:52, and they were 

 retained nearly three months in order to give them a fair trial. 

 Three days after the tips were put on she trotted a mile in 2:48^, 

 going very steadily and apparently well within her rate. She ke])t 

 at about the same mark for the next month, though still striding 

 much shoi-ter than she did when a three-yeai--old; and being desirous 

 to experiment furtlier, on the lOth of December I had a set of front 

 shoes put on weighing 22 oz. each. These are still on her, and I 

 cannot say authoritatively what -will be the i-esult, but I am inclined 

 to the belief that they are not going to increase her stride any moi-e 

 than the tips did. She certainly goes much easier in the latter, and 



