. The art of taming and educating the horse .. . hem yj^_ previous shoe, engravedashowofwidenessforatime,yet from photograph. Would not bringthat, together with the concave ^^^ ^^^^^^^ appearance, form of the shoe, forwards the con-traction of the heels, which, when confirmed, renders the animallame for life. The principle of shoeing such horses is the same as in that ofothers : First, to level down the wall without interfering with thesole or frog. The bearing surface of shoe to be flat, and bent tothe form of the foot, so as to support the wall evenly all the wayround ; the shoe to
. The art of taming and educating the horse .. . hem yj^_ previous shoe, engravedashowofwidenessforatime,yet from photograph. Would not bringthat, together with the concave ^^^ ^^^^^^^ appearance, form of the shoe, forwards the con-traction of the heels, which, when confirmed, renders the animallame for life. The principle of shoeing such horses is the same as in that ofothers : First, to level down the wall without interfering with thesole or frog. The bearing surface of shoe to be flat, and bent tothe form of the foot, so as to support the wall evenly all the wayround ; the shoe to be no heavier, and the calks, if used, nohigher, than is barely necessary to sustain the wear to which it issubjected. In addition, the feet should be kept soft by stoppingsand coverings of wet cloths at night. This should be especiallyattended to during dry weather, or when the feet are hot orfeverish from severe work. The treatment for the cure of such is practically the same as forother conditions of contraction. Of course, much depends upon. 688 - SHOEING. the skill and ingenuity brought to bear in the treatment. In fact,herein lies most of the success in the management of all conditionsof contraction. In my experience I never have found a smithwho could catch the points of properly preparing the foot and fittingthe shoes for such cases. In every instance I have been compelledto stand over the shoer, and dictate every movement, or do partof the work myself. First, the want of judgment in preparing the foot; second, ^^^^^ A ^^^^B ^ adapting the ■ weight of the shoe Fig. 517.—Concave bearing surface of shoe at heel. ,,!(!, in, - ting the clips so as ^^^^^^ B f—^^ I to enable opening ^^^^^^ - the quarters easily Fig. 518.—Concave bearing surface of shoe between g^j^^ surelv as de-heel and turn of foot. -^ Sired. ^^ . Since writing ■ attention has been „ bearing surface of shoe ^^^^^ ^^ ^ at turn of foot. Simple and practi-cal method of opening the q
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