. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. Critics 154 OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS The tow pad is much used in the German cities, that can be screwed on and off, the latter beingIt consists of an iron shoe with a hollow on the in the shape of the letter H, which preventsinside in which the tow is fixed, coming out them from being too rapidly At the a little beyond the level of the shoe. It thusforms a soft layer, which lessens the shock andalso prevents the horse from slipping on theasphalt pavements. One of the most important problems is thesh
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. Critics 154 OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS The tow pad is much used in the German cities, that can be screwed on and off, the latter beingIt consists of an iron shoe with a hollow on the in the shape of the letter H, which preventsinside in which the tow is fixed, coming out them from being too rapidly At the a little beyond the level of the shoe. It thusforms a soft layer, which lessens the shock andalso prevents the horse from slipping on theasphalt pavements. One of the most important problems is theshoeing of horses in winter, when a shoe is Shoes have also been invented for specialpurposes, more particularly for race increase their speed more weight is putin various ways into certain parts of the shoe ;and in order to oblige the hind feet to be placedoutwardly on the ground and thus be thrownbeyond the fore feet, more weight is given tothe external edge of the shoe. Special shoeshave also been invented for all sorts of diseasesof the legs and hoofs. To correct hoofs thatgrow too narrow at the back (feet with pinchedheels), there are many kinds of shoeing; one, forinstance, makes the shoe in the shape of a half-moon, leaving the rear half of the hoof unshod. .Siiui;iN(, iiiK Mules XI. The Usefulness of Horses needed that shall not slip on ice or snow. Befo
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