Magner's ABC guide to sensible horseshoeing : a simple and practical treatise on the art of shoeing horses . Fig. »The Foot Drawn in andDeformed from Long-continued In-flammation Caused by a Nail be-ing Driven into the Foot, theHoof Growing About Half anInch Larger after the In-flammation Subsided. of this was that the horn wore orbroke away until the line of bearingwas over an inch above that of the remedy the difficulty the calks Avereraised correspondingly high to keep thefrog from the ground. (See Fig. 594.)This horse traveled with great diffi-culty, even on a walk. The cours
Magner's ABC guide to sensible horseshoeing : a simple and practical treatise on the art of shoeing horses . Fig. »The Foot Drawn in andDeformed from Long-continued In-flammation Caused by a Nail be-ing Driven into the Foot, theHoof Growing About Half anInch Larger after the In-flammation Subsided. of this was that the horn wore orbroke away until the line of bearingwas over an inch above that of the remedy the difficulty the calks Avereraised correspondingly high to keep thefrog from the ground. (See Fig. 594.)This horse traveled with great diffi-culty, even on a walk. The course most likely to give suc-cess in the management of these cases,is to use a wide shoe that will give alarge bearing-surface to the weak parts,and sustain them. Of course, nothingmore should be cut away from theheels than is sufficient to only levelthem a little. Special care should betaken to prevent them from breakingand wearing down by the shoe, whichmay be done by placing a piece ofleather between the bearing-surfaceand shoe. As the horn will usually be SHOEING. 63. Fig. 557.—Shoe for Cure of Con-traction. Devised by the Writer. very brittle and weak, it is advisable touse great care in fitting the shoe, withthin clips on each side. At any rate, theshoe must be fastened on so firmly that itwill not get loose. In some cases it maybe necessary to bring the bar down soas to enable a more accurate line of ad-justment to the shoe and frog. When in Massachusetts, in 18Y6, aleading horseman called my attention toa fast-trotting stallion that had weakfeet, and which caused him a great dealof trouble. He wished to know how toshoe them so as to improve their con-dition. I found the feet in good shape,but the sole and wall were very thin andweak, the effect, undoubtedly, of thehorse being slightly foundered or over-heated. I advised putting on a shoethat would support the sole and frog, thespace between the shoe and frog to bepacked with oakum. He objected thatthis would not do, as
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