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Fig. ] . Ground surface of a right fore hoof of the ' ' regular ' ' form 566 



2. Pair of fore feet of regular form in regular standing position 567 



3. Pair of fore feet of base- wide form in toe-wide standing position 567 



4. Pair of foro feet of base-narrow form in toe-narrow standing position. 568 



5. Side view of an acute-angled fore foot, of a regular fore foot, and of a 



stumpy fore foot 568 



6. Side view of foot with the foot-axis broken backward as a result of too 



long a toe 570 



7. Left fore hoof of a regular form, shod with a plain fullered shoe 574 



8. Side view of hoof and fullered shoe 575 



9. An acute-angled left fore hoof shod with a bar shoe 577 



10. A fairly formed right fore ice shoe for a roadster 577 



11. Left fore hoof of regular form- shod with a rubber pad and "three- 



quarter ' ' shoe 578 



12. A narrow right fore hoof of the base- wide standing position shod with 



a plain "dropped crease" shoe 578 



13. Hoof surface of a right hind shoe to prevent interfering 579 



14. Ground surface of shoe shown in fig. 13 579 



15. Side view of a fore hoof shod so as to quicken the "breaking over" 



in a "forger " 580 



16. Side view of a short-toed hind hoof of a forger 580 



17. A toe-weight shoe to increase the length of stride of fore feet 581 



18. Most common form of punched heel-weight shoe to induce high action 



in fore feet 581 



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