. The horse's friend [microform] : the only practical method of educating the horse and eradicating vicious habits, followed by a variety of valuable recipes, instructions in farriery, horse-shoking, the latest rules of trotting, and the record of fast horses up to 1876. Pratt, O. S. , b. 1835; Pratt, O. S. , né 1835; Horse-training; Horses; Chevaux; Chevaux. ~ w 434 TREATISE ON HORSESHOEING. \: 1 i. upon by the smith, with all his skill. The ex- pansion of the heels, and growth of the foot, require that the shoe should be long enough, and wide enough at the heels, to allow for the natural gro
. The horse's friend [microform] : the only practical method of educating the horse and eradicating vicious habits, followed by a variety of valuable recipes, instructions in farriery, horse-shoking, the latest rules of trotting, and the record of fast horses up to 1876. Pratt, O. S. , b. 1835; Pratt, O. S. , né 1835; Horse-training; Horses; Chevaux; Chevaux. ~ w 434 TREATISE ON HORSESHOEING. \: 1 i. upon by the smith, with all his skill. The ex- pansion of the heels, and growth of the foot, require that the shoe should be long enough, and wide enough at the heels, to allow for the natural growth of the foot in the time it is cal- culated the shoe should be on before being reset; for ay the foot enlarges, the shoe is brought forward until it loses i^^s original pro- portion, and becomes too short and narrow. The shoe may be about a quarter of an inch wider and longer than the extreme bearing of the heels; s'ld the nail-holes should be punched coarse and in the center of the web. The man- ner of fastening the shoe is what really affects the foot, and what requires the most special attention in shoeing; for the foot, being elastic, expands in the same proportion on the rough as on the nicely-fitted shoe. It is the number and position of the nails that really affect the foot. If they are placed well back in the quar- ters, four on a side, as is common, the crust is held as firmly to this unyielding shoe as if in a vice, which utterly prevents the free action neces-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Pratt, O. S. , b. 1835. Toronto : Hunter, Rose
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