. The art of horse-shoeing : a manual for farriers . e con-tinued irritation, kept up by apersistent fissure in the horncovering the laminae, sooncauses other serious changeswhich tend to make the sand-crack a permanent , even the smallest crackshould be attended to andmeasures adopted to prevent itsenlargement, or, when exten-sive, to limit all opening andshutting movement of the is sometimes attemptedby a simple leather strap tightlyapplied, or by binding the footwith string or tape. Tape isless liable to slip than the hoof is sufficientlythick, two )iails m
. The art of horse-shoeing : a manual for farriers . e con-tinued irritation, kept up by apersistent fissure in the horncovering the laminae, sooncauses other serious changeswhich tend to make the sand-crack a permanent , even the smallest crackshould be attended to andmeasures adopted to prevent itsenlargement, or, when exten-sive, to limit all opening andshutting movement of the is sometimes attemptedby a simple leather strap tightlyapplied, or by binding the footwith string or tape. Tape isless liable to slip than the hoof is sufficientlythick, two )iails may be drivenin opposite directions transver-sely through the crack andclinched; or French sandcrack-clii)s (Figs. 8G and 87) may beused, which are easily instruments necessary areshown in Fig. 88. The iron (b)is made red-hot and pressed onthe hoof across the crack, so asto burn a groove each side of it. Into these grooves theclip (a) is put, and the pincers {c) are then used to com-press the clip firmly into its place. There is a strain. Fig. 88. 114 THE ART OF HORSE-SHOEING. upon tlie clips, and sometimes one breaks. It is there-fore necessary always to use two, and for an extensivecrack three may be employed. All these appliances tend to keep the lips of the crackfrom separating, but they do not prevent the edges of adeep, wide crack from being forced together, and thuspinching the sensitive parts. To provide against thisinjury, a slij) of hard wood may be fitted into the crack,and then the nails or clips may be more safely drawntight without fear of injury, and with a better chance ofpreventing any movement in the edges of the crack. Toinsert the wood, the crack is converted into a groovenearly as deep as the wall, about three-eighths of an inchwide, with straight sides, or, better still, with a littlegreater width at the bottom than at the surface. ■ Intosuch a groove, a piece of wood formed to fit it is gentlydriven from below and rasped off to fit exactly. O
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