. The art of taming and educating the horse : a system that makes easy and practical the subjection of wild and vicious horses ... : the simplest, most humane and effective in the world : 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 .... Horses; Horses; Horses; CHR 1887; PRO Smith, James Somers, Jr. (donor). 1020 DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT. shoe, sotting it to iIk^ position of tlic sound limb, then packing and bandaging all together just above
. The art of taming and educating the horse : a system that makes easy and practical the subjection of wild and vicious horses ... : the simplest, most humane and effective in the world : 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 .... Horses; Horses; Horses; CHR 1887; PRO Smith, James Somers, Jr. (donor). 1020 DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT. shoe, sotting it to iIk^ position of tlic sound limb, then packing and bandaging all together just above the point of ojieration. (See il- lusti'ations below.) " The adjustable brace shoe, shown in Fig. 877, is also simple, which is taken from the very shoe actually in use on one of the worst cases of contraction of the flexor tendon ever in New York City. A horse belong- ing to Messrs. Smith & McAVilliam, Manhat- tan Gas Works, N. Y., was a large, powerful 11 r a u g h t horse, be- I ween fourteen and fifteen hundred weight, used at very II eavy work. Th rough some sprain to the oft" hind limb, he kept walking on the toe for about five or six months. Every known remedy was tried to prevent knuckling, iDoth as regards medi- cal treatment and Fig 878.—Drawing of model shoe and bar designed ^l^Oemg. Heavy plates , ^,. J .. J. i . 01 steel were welded in lor this purpose, and its adjustment. « ^ r. ^ i j r. ^ i ' front of the toe of the shoe. During another six months, he kept going over, until finally he walked on the anterior face of the hoof, with the fetlock joint resting on the ground. Fig. 87G shows the position in w'hich the foot was carried. The limb appeared to be paralyzed above the joint. When he was down, he was quite helpless, had to bo helped up, and in the end could hardly be made to stand alone. The own- ers decided to have him destroyed, although onlj' eight years old, but first acquainted their veterinary surgeon. He advised tenot- omy, M'hich was j
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