. The art of taming and educating the horse .. . nail the shoe on too firmly, or open it too vio-lently (which I could see was his intention to do), as it would be sure to cause seri-ous irritation in the foot. But disregarding my wishes, assuming that he knewjust how to do it, and saying that it would be all right, he put it on in his own result was as I had anticipated; the lameness that followed soon compelled meto take it oS. SHOEme. 673 $25,000 for teaching the secret to the veteruaary surgeons of thearmy. His instructions in explaining his system were as follows:— If the foot is
. The art of taming and educating the horse .. . nail the shoe on too firmly, or open it too vio-lently (which I could see was his intention to do), as it would be sure to cause seri-ous irritation in the foot. But disregarding my wishes, assuming that he knewjust how to do it, and saying that it would be all right, he put it on in his own result was as I had anticipated; the lameness that followed soon compelled meto take it oS. SHOEme. 673 $25,000 for teaching the secret to the veteruaary surgeons of thearmy. His instructions in explaining his system were as follows:— If the foot is healthy, and of a natural shape, and has beenshod regularly, no alteration is required, but simply to pare out thesole of the foot, removing the bors [bars] entirely, and opening outthe heels back. The surface of the frog should be trimmed out verylittle, but the sides should never be touched. By removing thebors [bars] and opening out the heels, contraction is prevented, andthe frog retains its natural shape, because all pressure is removed. Fig. 499. Fig. 500. Old forms of shoes used by the French for the cure of contraction. from each side. The shoe is now to be fitted and nailed on moder-ately tight. The treatment for contraction, briefly speaking, is the horse is lame, the farrier should shorten the toe, lower thefoot all around, and open the heels back, until the blood is sole of the foot should be pared as closely as possible on eachside of the frog. The frog should be lowered, but the sides shouldnot be cut. A groove should be made with _the rasp, just underand parallel with the coronet on each side, deep enough to drawblood; then, with a fine shoeing-knife cut little notches down fromthe coronet at equal distances across the entire length of the notches should be deep enough to draw blood. This,wjU, the pressure caused by contraction of the cartilages on both ■sides, and allow them to resume their proper shape. The shoe
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