. 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). SHOEING. G33 feet trimmed ami shoes reset to enter on rehearsal tlio jicxt day af- ter landing, but they were very stiff and sore, apparentl
. 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). SHOEING. G33 feet trimmed ami shoes reset to enter on rehearsal tlio jicxt day af- ter landing, but they were very stiff and sore, apparently foundered. As no other horses could be put to this special act, Cook despaired of making a creditable, first-class performance. As there was no time for the usual treatment of such cases, he consulted the boss hostler, and together they acquainted Dr. Hamill of the difficulty. Hamill promised, if they would allow him his own way, to relieve the horses immediately, which he did by cutting away almost the entire sole of the front feet, relieving the quarter, in fact, cutting the foot until it was elfistic or yielding in all its in- ferior and posterior parts. Th is was death to the foot, as he told Cook. The soles were protected by leather and t dressing until recovery U 1 place. Although this was extreme mode of treatme Mr. Cook was well pleased at the result. I asked him if ho could not counteract this efl'ect of paring by keeping the feet wet. He said: "Yes, to a certain extent; that was what ho did where it was ; In 1869 the Humane Society of Edinburgh, Scotland, offered a series of prizes for the best essays on " Shoeing," having in con- sideration the comfort and soundness of the horse. About forty essays were sent in for competition. The Vice-President, Mr. H. S. A. L. Hay, says: "It is gratifying to find so general a concur- rence among the writers in their utter condemnation of the com- mon but unscientific and irrational practice of p
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