The art of taming and educating the horse : 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, and the practical treatment for sickness, lameness, etc: with a large number of recipes . n to this. The con-sequence of such treatment is that the heels are constantly beingcrowded forward and under as weight is thrown upon them, which,with an excessively pared condition of the foot, causes such rapidloss of moisture that the heels become curled under, weak
The art of taming and educating the horse : 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, and the practical treatment for sickness, lameness, etc: with a large number of recipes . n to this. The con-sequence of such treatment is that the heels are constantly beingcrowded forward and under as weight is thrown upon them, which,with an excessively pared condition of the foot, causes such rapidloss of moisture that the heels become curled under, weak, andcontracted. Now follows theputting of leather between theshoe and foot, the use of hoof lin-iments, and other means of w-lief, without any practical copy here the remarks of anold author, J. Clark, of Edin-burgh, Scotland, in 1782, show-ing the bad effects of this treat-ment :— They cannot be satisfied un-less the frog is finely shaped, thesole pared, and the bars cut out inorder to make the heels appear wide. This practice gives them y^^ previous shoe, engraveda show of wideneas for a time, yet ^^.^^ photograph. Would not bringthat, together with the concave ^^, ^^^^^^^ appearance, fonn of the shoe, forwards the con-traction of the heels, which, when confirmed, renders the animallame for The principle of shoeing such horses is the same as in that ofothers : First, to level down the wall without interfering with thesole or frog. The bearing surface of shoe to be flat, and bent tothe form of the foot, so as to support the wall evenly all the wayround ; the shoe to be no heavier, and the calks, if used, nohigher, than is barely necessary to sustain the wear to which it issubjected. In addition, the feet should be kept soft by stoppingsand coverings of wet cloths at night. This should be especiallyattended to duiing dry weather, or when the feet are hot orfeverish from severe work. The treatment for the cure of such is practically the same as forot
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