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must ultimately cause serious injury and cause the foot to grow 
out of line. 
If the horse travels too high and it is objectionable the shoes 
should be light, if too low they may be increased in weight; if 
liable to interfere or strike set the shoes close under the wall at 
the point of striking; the offending part should be shortened or 
straightened a little, and that there be no nails driven there, the 
clinches of which would soon rise and cause cutting. The edge 
of the shoe should be levelled and filed smooth. Lightness of the 
shoes is always desirable on the hind feet, and if the season of 
the year permits, tips will be found very effective in prevention 
of interfering. It can also be prevented by making outside web 
of shoe heavier than the inside, or by using an ordinary toe weight 
on the outside of the foot. 
Clicking or Overreaching.—This may be due either to a faulty 
conformation, to weakness or to disease. To remedy this defect 
we must discover its cause. If it is due to defective form we may 
so adjust the hoofs and apply the shoes that the feet shall be 
placed iipon the ground in such relation to the body as to mod¬ 
ify in some measure the fault of the form. In some cases, weights 
or heavy shoes on the forward feet and light shoes on the hind 
feet will prevent; while in others, weights upon the outside of 
the hind shoes overcome the difficulty. 
Stumbling.—This is usually associated with some diseased 
condition of the foot. In the prevention of this disagreeable and 
dangerous habit, particular attention must be given to preparing 
the foot; see that it is of equal depth on each side of the toe. This 
can be best ascertained by standing in front of the horse and com¬ 
paring the two sides. In fitting the shoe, bend up the toe, giv¬ 
ing it the shape of one well worn. If calks must be used, weld 
toe calk well back to inner margin of the web, making it low and 
level anteriorly. 
Shoeing for Contraction.—Contraction may be divided into 
three different classes : ist. A general compression or drawing 
in of the wall upon the vascular structure. 2d. When but one 
or both quarters are drawn in. 3d. When the heels are curled 
