Magner's ABC guide to sensible horseshoeing : a simple and practical treatise on the art of shoeing horses . had not at that timeput into my hands Lieutenant Moors Narrativeof Captain Littles Detachment. On page 93 ofthis book is the following passage :— The bigotry with which all sects of theHindoos adhere to their own customs is verywell known ; still when these customs are strik-ingly injudicious, and totally abstracted fromall religious prejudices, perseverance degeneratesinto obstinacy, and simplicity into it is with the Mahrattas in abiding by theirpresent practice of cuttin
Magner's ABC guide to sensible horseshoeing : a simple and practical treatise on the art of shoeing horses . had not at that timeput into my hands Lieutenant Moors Narrativeof Captain Littles Detachment. On page 93 ofthis book is the following passage :— The bigotry with which all sects of theHindoos adhere to their own customs is verywell known ; still when these customs are strik-ingly injudicious, and totally abstracted fromall religious prejudices, perseverance degeneratesinto obstinacy, and simplicity into it is with the Mahrattas in abiding by theirpresent practice of cutting the hoof and shoeinghorses; they cutaway the hinder part of the hoofin such a manner that the pastern almost touchesthe ground, and the frog is suffered to grow sothat the hoof is nearly a circle, in which formthe shoes are made, the hinder parts almosttouching, and so thin that a person of ordinarystrength can easily twist them. Instead of making the back part of the shoe thick-est, they hammer it quite thin, making the fore part thickest, and the shoe, grad-ually becoming thinner, ends in an Fig. 604.—Shoe to Prevent Inter-fering or Clicking. SHOEING. 81 Tlii8 mode of shoeing in a country where, from the nature of the climate, thehorses feet probably are very strong, did not strike me to be quite so injudicious asthe author above mentioned represents it. I determined, therefore, to try on thisparticular horse a shoe in some respects similar to those described, that I might seewhether it would alter the shape of his foot; since it is said to make the frog grow so
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