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 . ting such healthful freedom and attrition to the feet as wouldkeep the horn worn down. The writers attention was especially called to thispoint when in New York, in 1872, by the invitation of Dr. Bryden, a well-knownexpert in the art of shoeing, to accompany him to witn
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 . ting such healthful freedom and attrition to the feet as wouldkeep the horn worn down. The writers attention was especially called to thispoint when in New York, in 1872, by the invitation of Dr. Bryden, a well-knownexpert in the art of shoeing, to accompany him to witness his treatment of a coltsfeet which required treatment on account of undue confinement, and hereditarytendencies to contraction. SHOEING. 635 We observe also that the excessive wear is always at the toe,and that the heels rarely suffer even on bad roads. Consequentlythe best shoeing for the feet, for all roads and seasons, when ina good condition of health, must be such as will permit them tobe as neaily barefoot as possible, or at least that the posterior partis so, yet sustaining all the attrition of wear to which they maybe subjected. This being true, the object, then, of shoeing shouldbe to prevent excessive wear, give power, and prevent slippiug,which necessitates the following conditions: First, the preparation. Fig. 436.—Side view of a properly proportioned shoe. of the foot; second, the weight, form, and fitting of the shoe; andthird, nailing to the foot. First, in preparing the foot for the shoe, the aim should be tocut away so much of the wall as would be a surplus of growth,or so much only as would bring it back to its natural form andadjustment. Second, the shoe should be in form, so that when on, the ad-justment of the foot, or its power to obtain hold or grasp upon theground, will be as nearly as possible what it was before beingshod, and yet sustain the wear for the time it is intended to be on. Third, it should be nailed on firmly, yet so as to break orweak
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