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HOESEMANSHIP FOE WOMEN. 



LOWERING THE HEAD. 



must be cut with moderation, never burned by fitting 

 the shoe to it hot — the common makeshift of lazy far- 

 riers — nor filed on the outside, as both these operations 

 not only weaken the hoof but impair Nature's arrange- 

 ment for oiling and lubricating it. Should the horse 

 not bear equal weight on all four legs, move him a step 

 to see if the faulty posture may not have been acjci- 



