64 ■ HORSESHOEING. 



(Figs. 55 and 56) it runs obliquely downward and outward, and 

 in the base-narrow position (Figs. 57 and 58) it runs obliquely 

 downward and inward. 



Viewing the foot from the side, we distinguish the regular (nor- 

 mal) position (Fig. 60), and designate all forward deviations as 



Fia. 59. 



Fig. 60. 



Fig. 61. 



The so-called acute-angled 

 hoof. 



Normal- 



So-called stumpy or obtuse- 

 angled hoof. 



acute-angled (long toe and low heel. Fig. 59), and all deviations 

 backward from the regular position as obtuse-angled * (short 

 toe and high heel, Fig. 61), steep-toed, or stumpy. 



When the body-weight is uniformly dis- 

 FiG. 62. tributed over all four limbs, the foot-axis 



should be straight (Figs. 59 and 61, dotted 

 hne), not " broken" (bent) ; the long pas- 

 tern, -wall at the toe, and foot-axis should 

 have the same slant. 



A peculiar form of foot is the so-called 



bear-foot (Fig. 62), in which the foot-axis, 



viewed from the side, is broken strongly 



forward at the coronet. The wall at the 



The "bear-foot." toe stauds inuch steeper than the long 



pastern ; in other words, a low-jointed, 



sloping pastern is attached to an upright (obtuse-angled) hoof. 



Such a foot is sometimes improperly called a " club-foot." 



* The expression " obtuse-angled" is here used only in a comparative sense. 



