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 . jfj , of the straight, ordinary shoe,and is much more calculated toallow of the motion of the legand foot ; the labor of themuscles is also diminished, andthe limb being in its naturalposition, the ligaments haveless imposed upon them ; tlu yare more at ease
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 . jfj , of the straight, ordinary shoe,and is much more calculated toallow of the motion of the legand foot ; the labor of themuscles is also diminished, andthe limb being in its naturalposition, the ligaments haveless imposed upon them ; tlu yare more at ease, and conse-quently are not so liable to bestranunl. A moderate rounding at the toe would seem desirable in allcases where there is want of mobility. It is especially desirablewhen the horse is a little stiff or sore, as it enables him to travelmuch easier. This is proved Avhen the mobility of the foot isdestroyed, and theie is necessity for using a rounded shoe to con-form with the action, Wlien winter shoes, ov calk shoes, must be Fig. 479.—French shoe—taken from anold work. See Navicular Lameness. SHOEING. 661
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