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a measure; as, for instance, in a horse that "toes- 

 out," shorten the outer part of the toe to a greater 

 extent than the inner. The tendency of this is 

 not only to correct the unsighthness of the de- 

 formity, but also to remedy its ill-consequence 

 in progression. The same may be done, but just 

 in the opposite way, in horses which "toe-in." In 

 the hind legs it is generally the inner part of the 

 toe of the hoof that inflicts the injury. This 

 can be rasped so as to reduce its convex form to 

 an approach to a straight line with the rasp, 

 which lessens somewhat the danger. The shoe 

 should be of reasonable weight, strong enough 

 to keep it from breaking, and set in as much as 

 possible on the inside without running too much 

 risk of bruising the sole. Have the inside branch 

 of the shoe narrow and rounded, so that there 

 will be as little danger of inflicting injury as 

 possible. The nails may also be withheld from 

 the inside of the toe, so that no injury may be 

 done from the clinches. It is a good plan to also 

 shorten the inside of the hoof more than the out- 

 side and compensate for this by deepening the 

 inside branch of the shoe, so as to keep the foot 

 level and have even bearing. The inside branch 

 of the shoe may be made almost straight from the 

 toe back, and the hoof made to correspond pretty 

 much in form. The following out of this plan of 



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