The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-08-12

Notation q ConformatIon to shoe Fittine.
This subject Of fitting ID 20 broad
and covers 20 many different points.
tnat 1t is impossible to treat It fully
unless unlimited time and space 10
s1ven to the consideration: therefore
we Will for the present confine our
selves to but one feature, viz, the
hind fitting, and in conjunction with
the subject also treat In q passing way
conformation and the necessity Of
studying It when attempting to at
shoe, says practical horseshoer in
the Horseshoers' Journal. In shoeing
9 horse any intelligent man will, be-
fore starting the operation, first study
the conformation. He will look first
at the limbs and then the position the
feet occupy towards the limb. Then
following up his subject he will look
at the position the feet occupy on the
ground. He will ind some limbs, I
mean the lower portion, for this is our
main point Of observation, with long
drawn pasterns, bound or curbed,
hooked. others short in pastern and
straight hooked. Some feet he will
ind long toed and low heeled. others
the reverse, with q short, stubby toe
and upright heels; again he may find
the long-toed and low-heeled foot to
be wired or dipped in. Then to the
position. we will find some toeing out.
some occupying q straight or direct po-
sition, and some, though the case is
rare, decidedly pigeon-toed.
Here are three distinct positions that
the feet occupy on the ground. 1t may
be asked, what has the limbs or their
conformation to do with the shoe or
Its shape? Simply this: A shoe prop
erly adjusted will serve the purpose Of
sustaining the hexor ligaments accord
ing to the demands Of the case. For
instance. the long-toed and low-heeled
foot will, as rule, be found on horses
with long pasterns and, az may be
seen in many cases, the same kind Of
conformation in the lower part will
generally be accompanied by bowed
hook; this is common case and Is
to some extent to be expected when
the general line Of conformation Is
considered. Now, in such a caseAH
will be noticed that many filters will
shoe with long outside mule-shaped
heeled shoe. The practice is wrong
one unless other conditions demand. II
we find that the long-toed, low-heeled
foot looks straight ahead, we should.
to be correct in our practice of fitting
1t, resort to the extra length on both
heels and not on the one heel alone.
The latter method is injurious, mas
much as it tends to throw the foot out
Of balance by forcing undue strain OIL
the interior ligaments of the leg, and
also creating a tendency to friction on
the Joints of the foot bones. But when
it is found that the toe is long and
heel low and the foot looks out after
the manner found in cow-hocked
horses, then we can with justice to the
case apply the long outside heel to- the
shoe, turning or mailing it outwardly
rs much as the case may demand.
Now, in the case Of the straight
pasterned and direct-looking feet the
plain necessity is to follow the lines
of the foot and keep the heels of the
shoe regular and even, neither being
longer than the other. We will no.
tice in all such cases that the limbs
and feet occupy direct lines from the
hook down to the very point of the
toe, regularity of conformation.--is.,
marked. The foot is not too long Of
toe. the heels are moderately high ano
symmetrically shaped, the pastern# arc l
short and we'll knit and the hook is
straight; Is per cent of such confor-
nation calls for an even-heeled shoe.
In interfering this kind of confor-
nation will generally be found. to strike
almost centrally of the foot. while. in.
the other cases mentioned it is towards
the heel that the damage will be done.
Invalid Oleomargarine Laws.-The
United States Supreme Court has pro-
nounced invalid the oleomargarine
laws Of New Hampshire and Penn
sylvania. The New Hampshire
law requires that oleomargarfne
shall be colored pink and shall
be correctly labeled, while the
Pennsylvania law prohibits the
sale Of the article altogether. In
the case involving the New Hampshire
statute the defendant had been con-
Eieted In all the state counts of selling
oleomargarine which was not colored
pink and was heavily fined In this