Hints to horse-keepers : a complete manual for horsemen; embracing chapters on mules and ponies . s well off at the heels, andto carrv the seating or bevel of the upper side of the shoesBO far back that the heels, instead of resting on a flat , as they would on a properly fitted shoe, rest on theslope of the seating, which are, in this respect, simply twainclined planes, so placed that, at each step taken by thehorse, his heels must be pressed together until a greateior less contraction is made manifest, too late for us toremedy the evil; for there is no means by which this con-tractio
Hints to horse-keepers : a complete manual for horsemen; embracing chapters on mules and ponies . s well off at the heels, andto carrv the seating or bevel of the upper side of the shoesBO far back that the heels, instead of resting on a flat , as they would on a properly fitted shoe, rest on theslope of the seating, which are, in this respect, simply twainclined planes, so placed that, at each step taken by thehorse, his heels must be pressed together until a greateior less contraction is made manifest, too late for us toremedy the evil; for there is no means by which this con-traction of the foot can be cured,—though, when it existsonly to a slight extent, the internal portions of the footwill sometimes accommodate themselves to its new far as disease is the result of bad shoeing, it can be ob-viated by so forming the shoe that it will afford a sufficientind perfectly secure and level support for the heels. For the cause, and treatment of diseases of the feet, in*eluding those which result from improper shoeing, thereader is referred to the chapter on CHAPTER XVi *S METHOD OP TRAININa HORSES TO THE SADVhM, WHAT CONSTITUTES A WELL-TRAINED HORSE—TO MAKE HIM COME AT TOtJlCALL—THE PHILOSOPHY OP TRAINING —FLEXIONS OP THE JAW^FLEXIOHIOF THE NKOK—FLEXIONS OF THE CROUP—BACKINO—THE PACES—LEAPING. There is notriing which so much conduces to the pleas-ure and safety of a rider, as the proper training of hishorse. Indeed, no matter how good a rider one may be,it is impossible for him to ride gracefully, easily or safelyon a horse that has not been properly broken to the is true that a good rider can, by a sufficient exercise ofprudence, get on passably well with an unbroken horse, oreven a poor rider may, by putting his horse into a fastgallop, make up in some degree, and for a short time, forwa Qt of training; but it is very certain that both are la-boring under great disadvantages, and that neither the rider:r his
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