Magner's ABC guide to sensible horseshoeing : a simple and practical treatise on the art of shoeing horses . Fig. 602.—Bearing-surface of Shoe toPrevent Striking. Fig. 603.—Forward Shoe to PreventStriking. about three months, they were found to have increased surprisingly. Notwithstandingthis, they were not strong enough to counteract the pressure of the quarters ; andthe foot itself seemed to be rather decreased, which is contrary to what is usual; forafter having been turned out for a certain time, they generally become larger. Soparticular a case led me to turn my mind to aparticular method
Magner's ABC guide to sensible horseshoeing : a simple and practical treatise on the art of shoeing horses . Fig. 602.—Bearing-surface of Shoe toPrevent Striking. Fig. 603.—Forward Shoe to PreventStriking. about three months, they were found to have increased surprisingly. Notwithstandingthis, they were not strong enough to counteract the pressure of the quarters ; andthe foot itself seemed to be rather decreased, which is contrary to what is usual; forafter having been turned out for a certain time, they generally become larger. Soparticular a case led me to turn my mind to aparticular method of cure. This I should hardlyhave found out, if chance had not at that timeput into my hands Lieutenant Moors Narrativeof Captain Littles Detachment. On page 93 ofthis book is the following passage :— The bigotry with which all sects of theHindoos adhere to their own customs is verywell known ; still when these customs are strik-ingly injudicious, and totally abstracted fromall religious prejudices, perseverance degeneratesinto obstinacy, and simplicity into it is with the Mahrattas
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