. The art of taming and educating the horse .. . s. Nor is the fault v/holly to be accounted to the shoer. The man who scoops out andrasps the foot most per-sistently to make it lookartistic, puts the mostiron into the shoe, andnails it on so firmly thatit will remain so indefi-nitely, and works thecheapest, usually givesthe best satisfaction, theowner believing he is get-ting the most for hismoney ; the health of thefoot and the comfort ofthe animal, being a mat-ter of secondary consid-FiG. 424.—The same after one years shoeing. eration. The foot is, next to the eye,the most beautiful and per
. The art of taming and educating the horse .. . s. Nor is the fault v/holly to be accounted to the shoer. The man who scoops out andrasps the foot most per-sistently to make it lookartistic, puts the mostiron into the shoe, andnails it on so firmly thatit will remain so indefi-nitely, and works thecheapest, usually givesthe best satisfaction, theowner believing he is get-ting the most for hismoney ; the health of thefoot and the comfort ofthe animal, being a mat-ter of secondary consid-FiG. 424.—The same after one years shoeing. eration. The foot is, next to the eye,the most beautiful and per-fect in the details of itsstructure. It is in everyparticular the most perfectlyadapted of any part of thebody for giving the greatestpossible strength and elastic-ity ; and, if not interfei-edwith, is capable of sustainingall the strain and wear towhich it can be reasonablysubjected. But when exposedto causes which bring aboutdisease and change of struct-ure, there are also involved, toa greater or less degree, thehealth and mobility of the. Fig. 425. -The same after three yearsshoeing. SHOEING. 629 entire limb. Any one knows that an injury to the toe or anypart of the foot is liable to cause severe pain and disturbancethroughout the entire limb. The efFect is the same in the horsesfoot. This beino- true, we want to learn, if we can, the causes ofthese derangements, and how to prevent as well as overcome regard this subject so important as to demand more thanordinary care to make it sosimple and practical in itsexplanations that it can beeasily understood, as wellas give such proofs of thefaults common to the pres-ent system of shoeing thatthe necessity for correctingthem will be apparent.*To aid in doing this, I givea large variety of illustra-tions of the hoof and inter-nal parts of the foot, whichwill give a good idea of itsgeneral structure. Amongthese will be found manyentirely new example, cuts showingparts of hoof cut away, anddifferent views
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