The art of taming and educating the horse : with details of management in the subjection of over forty representative vicious horses, and the story of the author's personal experience : together with chapters on feeding, stabling, shoeing, and the practical treatment for sickness, lameness, etc: with a large number of recipes . ndition of circula-tion and nutrition re-sult. By this coursethe mobility will not only be restored, the horse travel with morefreedom and confidence, but as the hoof grows down it will be-come thicker and of a better fiber. As before explained, to bring about a healthy
The art of taming and educating the horse : with details of management in the subjection of over forty representative vicious horses, and the story of the author's personal experience : together with chapters on feeding, stabling, shoeing, and the practical treatment for sickness, lameness, etc: with a large number of recipes . ndition of circula-tion and nutrition re-sult. By this coursethe mobility will not only be restored, the horse travel with morefreedom and confidence, but as the hoof grows down it will be-come thicker and of a better fiber. As before explained, to bring about a healthy condition ofcirculation and nutrition, the frog must necessarily be given con-tact with the ground to the degree it will bear, which should beprovided for by the thinness of the shoe. In some simple casesnailing the shoe to the heel, as shown in Fig. 511, may be sufficientto hold the quarters firmly enough to enable spreading them asdesired. The objection is that the wall is so thin at the point ofthe heels, that it may be difficult to get a good nail hold withoutpricking or breaking out; besides, the nailing cannot be nails should be small and driven very carefully, getting a?)much hold as the horn will admit of. The supposed objection tothis plan of opening the quarters is, that it prevents their natural. Fig. 513.—Badly contracted foot. The lines B show the degree to which the foot can be safely spread. SHOEING. 685
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