. The art of taming and educating the horse .. . hanges of structurethat make the horseliable to soreness or in-curable lameness, arethe rule ; while horseshaving sound, healthyfeet, are the excep-tions. The loss to thepeople of the countryfrom this cause—ig-norant, bad shoeing—is enormous, aud could,except in some serious cases, be entirely prevented or cured bygood shoeing and proper treatment. This being true, it is of the greatest importance, not only as amatter of humanity to horses, but economy to owners, that suchknowledge as will prevent or overcome these serious causes of in-jury and
. The art of taming and educating the horse .. . hanges of structurethat make the horseliable to soreness or in-curable lameness, arethe rule ; while horseshaving sound, healthyfeet, are the excep-tions. The loss to thepeople of the countryfrom this cause—ig-norant, bad shoeing—is enormous, aud could,except in some serious cases, be entirely prevented or cured bygood shoeing and proper treatment. This being true, it is of the greatest importance, not only as amatter of humanity to horses, but economy to owners, that suchknowledge as will prevent or overcome these serious causes of in-jury and loss, be made available; and this, as explained, I havemade a special effort to do in this chapter. It is idle to assumethat shoeing-smiths would intentionally spoil or injure the feet;that they are not willing to learn or heed the teachings of there are a great many who are unpardonably stupid andignorant, and who, in the blindness of their prejudices, are notwilling to learn ; yet, as a class, the Avriter never found any peo-. FiG. -Foot of a five-year old horse thathad never been shod.* * Cuts Nos. 423 to 428 were copied from Bracy Clarks treatise on shoeing,published in 1809. No. 438 is an illustration of the foot of a flve-year-old horsewhich had never been shod. The others in the order as placed and explained,showing the atrophied, contracted condition of the heels and quarters after are followed by drawings from casts of colts feet made by the author. Inthe part on contraction, the causes and proper treatment will be found explained. 628 SHOEING.
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