Horse and man : their mutual dependence and duties . ng the looking at the interior of the hoof, it may be seenthat one of the nails has passed through the lineaalba, or quick of the nail, so that the pain whichthe horse must have suffered can hardly be imagined. I have here assumed that the farrier is putting ashoe on a hoof that has not been touched by theknife. Even in such a case, thegreatest care is required in order j to avoid accidents. But, sup-pose that even the most skilfulfarrier in the world were re-quired to put a shoe on such ahoof as that which is shown inthe accompanyin
Horse and man : their mutual dependence and duties . ng the looking at the interior of the hoof, it may be seenthat one of the nails has passed through the lineaalba, or quick of the nail, so that the pain whichthe horse must have suffered can hardly be imagined. I have here assumed that the farrier is putting ashoe on a hoof that has not been touched by theknife. Even in such a case, thegreatest care is required in order j to avoid accidents. But, sup-pose that even the most skilfulfarrier in the world were re-quired to put a shoe on such ahoof as that which is shown inthe accompanying illustration, hewould find the task almost im-possible. Some persons might say thatthis drawing was heightened by the artist in orderto produce more effect. Now, there is nothing more abhorrent, even toa novice in any branch of science, than heightening or colouring a statement. But, in order to avoideven the suspicion of colouring, the drawing is anexact copy of a photograph which was sent to meby the late Mr. A. F. Astley, who also furnished me. HOOF OP MR. HEBBKRT SMITHS HORSE. (Seepage 188.) 108 HORSE AND MAN. with the name of the owner. The hoof in ques-tion is that of the left fore-foot, and that of theright fore foot had been quite as badly treated bythe farriers knife. By way of contrast, I give a figure of a hoof asit ought to be. This is taken from another photo-graph sent to me by Mr. Astley. The hoof hadoriginally been as badly maltreated as the formerspecimen, but when released fromthe knife, the rasp, the nail, andthe shoe, it returned in a fewmonths to its original shape. I especially wish the readerto remark that throughout thiswork I place actual facts beforehim, and do not air my owntheories, fancifully illustrated byan obliging is a peculiar danger about shoe-nails whichis little suspected. Cut nails, as everyone knows,are far cheaper than forged nails, and for many pur-poses, especially in carpentering, are quite as , for horseshoein
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