HORSESHOEING. 63 



^ Whether a horse's feet be observed from in front or from be- 

 hind, their form corresponds to, or at least resembles, either that 

 of the regular position (Figs. 53 and 54), the base-wide or toe- 



FiG. 55. 



wide position (Figs. 55 and 56), or the base-narrow or toe-nar- 

 row position (Figs. 57 and 58). 



By the direction of the foot-axis — that is, an imaginary line 

 passing through the long axis of the three phalangeal bones (Figs. 



Fig. 57. 



Fig. 58. 



A pair of feet of the ba?e-narrow (toe-narrow) pi Mtion 



63, 57, 59, 60, and 61) — we determine whether or not the hoof 

 and pastern stand in proper mutual relation. 



In the regular standing position (Figs. 53 and 54) the foot-axis 

 runs straight downward and forward, in the base-wide position 



