. The art of taming and educating the horse .. . s desired, and upon moisture. Anyof these conditions lacking, theremust in serious cases be partial orentire failure, no matter what themeans or methods used. If the feetcould have conditions that wouldafford natural moisture, and the Fig. 505.—The foot after the inflam-mation subsided, growing downnearly a quarter of an Inchlarger. shoes made so thin that the frog-and sole could have reasonable con-tact with the ground, the quartersso free that they could expand withthe growth of the feet, there couldbe but little if any see that
. The art of taming and educating the horse .. . s desired, and upon moisture. Anyof these conditions lacking, theremust in serious cases be partial orentire failure, no matter what themeans or methods used. If the feetcould have conditions that wouldafford natural moisture, and the Fig. 505.—The foot after the inflam-mation subsided, growing downnearly a quarter of an Inchlarger. shoes made so thin that the frog-and sole could have reasonable con-tact with the ground, the quartersso free that they could expand withthe growth of the feet, there couldbe but little if any see that in all cases where thereis reasonable frog pressure, it be-comes larger, firmer, and more elas-tic ; while raising the frog from con-tact, causes it to become small andFig. 506.—The foot drawn in and l^ard, the quarters to draw in, anddeformed from long-continued in- the whole foot to diminish more or less in size. But if not accustomedto pressure, it should be given grad-ually, in connection with keepingthe feet thoroughly softened, so as. flammation caused by a nail be-ing driven into the foot. Thehoof growing about half aninch larger after the in-flammation subsided. 678 SHOEING. not to excite inflammation or soreness. It ■would not do for aman accustomed to wearing boots for years to suddenly go bare-foot on rough, hard ground. The skin on the feet is so thin thatthey would be made sore, and be liable to serious like manner it would not be prudent to bring the heels andfi-og of a horses foot, that has long been accustomed to the protec-tion of thick shoes, sud-denly to the ground. Ifthere is but little contrac-on, with fairly good con-lition of the feet, all that^ill be necessary to do is to!vel down the feet, andremove any surplus of oldhorn from the sole, put onthin-heeled shoes, and keepthe feet soft by next simplest andbest method would be touse the convex shoe. Afterleveling and trimming outthe foot properly, as beforeexplained, cut
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