. The standard horse book, comprising the taming, controlling and education of unbroken and vicious horses. Fig. 551.—Form of Screw Used by the French for Spreading the Shoe. 374 SHOEING. The half-moon shoe, or tip, by Lafosse, referred to hereafter, isclaimed to cure corns. Caesar Fiaschi, of the sixteenth century,gives a figure of a three-quarter shoe,almost the same form as that of BracyClarks, for this trouble. Whites work,published in 1820, says :— The only thing to be done is to take off the shoe,and turn the horse out to grass. In slight cases,however, this may not be absolutely necessa
. The standard horse book, comprising the taming, controlling and education of unbroken and vicious horses. Fig. 551.—Form of Screw Used by the French for Spreading the Shoe. 374 SHOEING. The half-moon shoe, or tip, by Lafosse, referred to hereafter, isclaimed to cure corns. Caesar Fiaschi, of the sixteenth century,gives a figure of a three-quarter shoe,almost the same form as that of BracyClarks, for this trouble. Whites work,published in 1820, says :— The only thing to be done is to take off the shoe,and turn the horse out to grass. In slight cases,however, this may not be absolutely necessary,and is often inconvenient, but it is by far thebest plan, and I may add, perhaps the only effectualone, when a radical cure is Fig. .552.—French Convex Shoe. Weak Heels. If from any cause there has been muchfever in the feet for some time, in conse-quence of being driven on hard roads, or being partially foundered,there will be diminished supply of horn, so that the wall will notonly grow slower, but thinner. (See reference to inflammation andFigs. 555, 556.) Sometimes the heels are cut down so closely that should theshoe work loose, and wear or break down the quarters, it would be
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