. The standard horse book, comprising the taming, controlling and education of unbroken and vicious horses. FiGS. 520, 521.—How a Horse Stands when Sore-looted or Lame. rection it is desired to give them freedom outward, it only facilitati^it, while at the same time it gives a certainty and positiveness of re-lief that cannot well be secured in any other way. In fact, herein lies most of the success in the management of allconditions of contraction. In my experience I never have found asmith who could catch the points of properly preparing the foot andfitting the shoes for such cases. In every


. The standard horse book, comprising the taming, controlling and education of unbroken and vicious horses. FiGS. 520, 521.—How a Horse Stands when Sore-looted or Lame. rection it is desired to give them freedom outward, it only facilitati^it, while at the same time it gives a certainty and positiveness of re-lief that cannot well be secured in any other way. In fact, herein lies most of the success in the management of allconditions of contraction. In my experience I never have found asmith who could catch the points of properly preparing the foot andfitting the shoes for such cases. In every instance I have beencompelled to stand over the shoer and dictate every movement ordo part of the work myself First, the want of judgment in prepar-ing the foot ; second, in adapting the weight of the shoe to the foot,and fitting the clips so as to enable opening the quarters easily andsurely as desired. Mr. Romkkcks Since writing the foregoing my attention has been called to a SIfOETXG. 363


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