. The family horse : its stabling, care and feeding : a practical manual for horse-keepers . Horses. 110 THE FAMILY HOESE. the heel is shoved under the plate, care being used not to let it lie in lumps, but to make a firm, even cushion, bearing equally on sole and frog. The shod foot is illustrated in figure 69. OvEESREACHiNG is striking the heel of the fore foot by the hind one when traveling rapidly. The trouble is caused by lack of promptness in picking up the fore feet. The usual method of shoe- ing to guard against this is to shorten the toes of the hind shoes. This is not always an effec
. The family horse : its stabling, care and feeding : a practical manual for horse-keepers . Horses. 110 THE FAMILY HOESE. the heel is shoved under the plate, care being used not to let it lie in lumps, but to make a firm, even cushion, bearing equally on sole and frog. The shod foot is illustrated in figure 69. OvEESREACHiNG is striking the heel of the fore foot by the hind one when traveling rapidly. The trouble is caused by lack of promptness in picking up the fore feet. The usual method of shoe- ing to guard against this is to shorten the toes of the hind shoes. This is not always an effective preventive, for it is not tne toe but the under edge of the hind shoe that does the mischief. The more recent method is to shorten the toes of the forward shoes, and make them as light as possible, and make the hind shoes heavy at the toes, so that the horse will pick up his fore feet in time to get them out of the way of the hind ones. COKNS are bruises of the sensitive sole in the inside quarter of one or both fore feet. The primary cause is shoeing in such a man- ner as to keep the frog from touching the ground. It is not easy to detect their presence, though lameness ensues in bad or neglected cases. But if the horse goes lame when trotting on a hard road, stands uneasily upon his fore feet, and tries to bear his weight upon their outer side, corns may be suspected. The shoes should be removed, and the sole in the angle between the inner quarter and the bars of the lame feet pared. If there are corns, an inflamed appearance wiU be found, the horn soft and spongy, and in bad cases suppura- tion. All morbid substance is to be cut out, leaving the bars and frog untouched. The following dressing may be applied: Melt together four ounces each of beeswax and tar, add six ounces of glycerine and two drachms of nitric acid, and stir till cold. Fig. FOOT SHOD, rpj^g f ggj j^^g^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^ manner to give the frog its natural action. The old method is to put on bar shoe
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