The exterior of the horse . face, immediately behindthe preceding. The heel, d, situatedaltogether behind, corre-sponds to the point wherethe wall becomes inflectedinward to constitute thebars. Finally, the bar or stay,e (Fig. Ill), visible only onthe raised foot, is the re-flected portion representingthe extremities of the wall,placed between the frogand the sole. The wall offers for study, also, besides these subdivisions, two faces and twoborders. The faces, distinguished as external, e (Fig. 109), and internal, q (Figs. 112and 113), diminish gradually in height from the toe to the extremit
The exterior of the horse . face, immediately behindthe preceding. The heel, d, situatedaltogether behind, corre-sponds to the point wherethe wall becomes inflectedinward to constitute thebars. Finally, the bar or stay,e (Fig. Ill), visible only onthe raised foot, is the re-flected portion representingthe extremities of the wall,placed between the frogand the sole. The wall offers for study, also, besides these subdivisions, two faces and twoborders. The faces, distinguished as external, e (Fig. 109), and internal, q (Figs. 112and 113), diminish gradually in height from the toe to the extremity of the bars. Fig. 111.—Inferior face of the hoof. 1 This statement is entirely erroneous, because the bars do not extend beyond the posteriortwo-thirds of the lateral faces of the frog, which I have repeatedly observed. (Harder.) 318 THE EXTERIOR OF THE Fig. 112.—Antero-posterior and vertical section of thehoof (internal face). The first, convex transversely, rectilinear from above to below, is smooth,polished, and shiny. It is more oblique anteriorly than on the sides, which arethemselves unequally inclined and incurvated. The internal quarter is alwaysmore straight and less round than the external. The second, concave from side to side, is covered by numerous longitudinallaminae, q, of white horn (Jceraphyllous tissue), which are solidly dovetailed intothose of the podophyllous laminae on the pedal bone. As to the borders, the inferior (Fig. Ill), the longest, rests upon the ground, whose friction and wear itsustains, particularly at thetoe and the mammae, in theunshod foot. On the con-trary, bearing upon thesuperior face of the shoe inthe domesticated horse, thisborder is removed by thefarrier at each shoeing ; andthe latter should, in thisconnection, endeavor toimitate the natural condi-tions of wear and thickness dimi
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