faster than straight away. This shows that his stride 

 is shorter with the foot he carries in. If it is the left 

 hind foot he carries in, put a square-toed shoe on 

 the left front foot, bevel the shoe from the 

 foot to the ground surface on the outer edge near 

 the toe ; put an ordinary-shaped shoe full at the 

 toe on the right front foot ; on the right hind foot 

 square the tcye the same as on the left front foot ; on 

 the left hind foot shoe full at the toe, the same as on 

 the right front foot; have this shoe a quarter of an inch 

 longer or more at the heel than the right hind foot, 

 and throw the outside calk or heel out just a little 

 more than the right foot, also put a piece of leather all 

 around under the shoe to make this foot longer. I 

 have been benefited by shoeing some horses this way 

 when they were inclined to hitch and go sideways. I 

 prefer a convex creased shoe beveled from the foot to 

 the ground surface on most horses. A shoe made this 

 way is stiffer, stronger, and protects the foot better, 

 and breaks the concussion more, and the horse will 

 have a better hold when his foot leaves the ground, as 

 it is the natural shape of the horse's foot when bare- 

 footed. It is very seldom that a pacer needs a square- 

 toed shoe, unless he is a horse that is big gaited and 

 needs his action quickened. Pacers do not forge and 

 scalp with the toe of their front feet as trotters do. 

 They very often clip the inner edge of the left front 

 foot with the inner edge of the right hind foot and, 

 vice versa, with right front foot and left hind foot. 

 The way I have had best success in shoeing them is 

 to use a shoe weighing six or seven ounces on the 

 hind feet, a shade heavier on the outside and the 

 shoe straightened on the inside from the point of the 

 toe to the middle of the quarter, that is, about half way 



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