. The art of horse-shoeing : a manual for farriers. Horseshoeing. INJURIES FROM SHOEING. lOS The worst cases are those in which deep seated abscesses occur, as they often terminate in a "; The farrier shoukl always recognize a tread as possibly dan- gerous and obtain professional advice. It is a common custom to rasp away the horn of the wall immediately beneath any injury of the coronet, but it is a useless proceeding, which weakens the hoof and does no good to the inflamed tissues above or beneath. Treads are most common in horses shod with heavy shoes and high calkins—a fa
. The art of horse-shoeing : a manual for farriers. Horseshoeing. INJURIES FROM SHOEING. lOS The worst cases are those in which deep seated abscesses occur, as they often terminate in a "; The farrier shoukl always recognize a tread as possibly dan- gerous and obtain professional advice. It is a common custom to rasp away the horn of the wall immediately beneath any injury of the coronet, but it is a useless proceeding, which weakens the hoof and does no good to the inflamed tissues above or beneath. Treads are most common in horses shod with heavy shoes and high calkins—a fact which suggests that a low, square calkin and a shoe fitted not too wide at the heels is a possible preventive. "Cutting'" or "; By these terms is meant the injury to the inside of the fetlock joint which results from bruising by the opposite foot. Possibly some sinall jjroportion of such injuries are traceable to the sj^stem of shoeing, to the form of shoe, or to the action of the horse. They are, with few exceptions, the direct result of want of condi- tion in the horse and are almost confined to young horses, old, weak horses, or animals that have been submitted to some excessively long and tiring journey. The first thing a horse-owner does when his horse " brushes " is to send him to the farrier to have his shoes altered. In half the cases there is nothing wrong with the shoes, and all that is required is a little patience till the horse gains hard condition. At the commencement of a coaching season, half the horses " cut " their fetlocks, no matter how they are shod. At the end of the season, none of them touch the opposite joint, with perhaps a few exceptions afiiicted with defective formation of limb, or constitutions that baffle all attempts at getting hard condition. The same thing is seen in cab and omnibus stock. All the new horses "cut" their legs for a few weeks. The old ones^ with a few exceptions, wor
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