HORSESHOEING. 



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Viewing a hind limb from the side, it may be observed to de- 

 viate either forward or backvsrard from the normal. Among for- 

 ward deviations is the so-called " sabre-leg'"' or " sickle-hock'''' (Fig. 

 51), in which the hock-joint is too much flexed, the foot placed 

 too far forward under the body, and the fetlock too slanting. In 

 the position known as " camped behind''^ 

 (Fig. 52) the leg is behind the body and the 

 pastern is too upright, too nearly vertical. 



Fig. 50. 



Fig. 48. 



Normal (regular) position of 

 hind Umbs viewed from be- 

 hind. 



Base-wide position of hind 

 limbs (cow-hocked). 



Base-narrow position of hind 

 Umbs (bandy-legged). 



It is possible for each limb of the same horse to assume a 

 different direction. It more often happens that if the fore-limbs 

 are base-wide the hind limbs are base-narrow, or vice versa. 

 While there are some other deviations that differ somewhat from 

 those already described, they are of less importance to the horse- 

 shoer. 



