. The standard horse book, comprising the taming, controlling and education of unbroken and vicious horses. Fiu. 5y:i — Quarter-crack. Fig. 584.—Effect of Founder. The sole, froy, and bars must on no account, nor under any conditions, unless those-of a pathological nature, he interfered with in any way by knife or rasp. As certainlyas they are interfered with, and their substance reduced, so surely will the hoof heinjured. Nature has made every provision for the defense. They will support tliecontact of hard, soft, rugged, or even sharp bodies, if allowed to escape the drawing-knife ; while ho
. The standard horse book, comprising the taming, controlling and education of unbroken and vicious horses. Fiu. 5y:i — Quarter-crack. Fig. 584.—Effect of Founder. The sole, froy, and bars must on no account, nor under any conditions, unless those-of a pathological nature, he interfered with in any way by knife or rasp. As certainlyas they are interfered with, and their substance reduced, so surely will the hoof heinjured. Nature has made every provision for the defense. They will support tliecontact of hard, soft, rugged, or even sharp bodies, if allowed to escape the drawing-knife ; while hot, cold, wet, or even dry weather has little or no influence on the in-terior of the foot, or on the tender horn, if man does not step in to beautify the feetby robbing them of their protection, perhaps merely to please the fancy of an ig-norant groom or ^\^^\ /•~\ If ^0 closely examine the u]yier surface X f \ I \ of the sole of a hoof that has been separated l^^ V \ from its contents by maceration, we will find it perforated everywhere by myriads of mi-nute apertures, which look as if
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