. The art of taming and educating the horse : a system that makes easy and practical the subjection of wild and vicious horses ... : the simplest, most humane and effective in the world : with details of management in the subjection of over forty representative vicious horses, and the story of the author's personal experience : together with chapters on feeding, stabling, shoeing .... Horses; Horses; Horses; CHR 1887; PRO Smith, James Somers, Jr. (donor). As the heel often rests upon the inner edge of shoe, with the bearing surface badly concave—a direct cause of contraction and weak heels. sh
. The art of taming and educating the horse : a system that makes easy and practical the subjection of wild and vicious horses ... : the simplest, most humane and effective in the world : with details of management in the subjection of over forty representative vicious horses, and the story of the author's personal experience : together with chapters on feeding, stabling, shoeing .... Horses; Horses; Horses; CHR 1887; PRO Smith, James Somers, Jr. (donor). As the heel often rests upon the inner edge of shoe, with the bearing surface badly concave—a direct cause of contraction and weak heels. shoeing. " If we refer," says he, " to the action of the fore leg, it will tend to explain some of the advantages to be derived from the curved shoe. When a horse is about to move, the first indication of motion is a bend at the knee, which raises the heels, and they become more and more elevated, till the toe (which is the last part that leaves the ground) is suspended for the moment that the foot is lifted. The base of the foot, just at its leaving the ground, is al- most perpendicular. When the knee is bent to its fullest extent, the foot is then in the same position, with the heels of the shoe pointing upward. If we consider this first part of the motion of the limb, we find the movement of the foot very nearly dascribes a semicircle ; and on viewing the form of the joints connected with the action, the necessity for a curve at the toe is clearly demonstrated. Again, the form of the shoe worn out, at. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Magner, D. (Dennis), b. 1833; Fairman Rogers Collection (University of Pennsylvania) PU. Battle Creek, Mich. : Review & Herald publishing house
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