. Diseases of the horse's foot . Hoofs; Horses. 126 DISEASES OP THE HOESE'S FOOT shoe, the appHcation of a tip is simple. In reahty, the tip is just an ordinary shoe shortened by truncating the heels. Before applying the tip, the horn of the wall at the toe should be shortened sufficiently to prevent any undue obliquity of the hoof, and the foot should be so prepared as to allow the heels of the tip to sink flush with the bearing edge of the wall behind it. When the foot does not allow of the removal of much horn at the toe, what is termed a ' thinned' tip is to be preferred. Its shape is suff
. Diseases of the horse's foot . Hoofs; Horses. 126 DISEASES OP THE HOESE'S FOOT shoe, the appHcation of a tip is simple. In reahty, the tip is just an ordinary shoe shortened by truncating the heels. Before applying the tip, the horn of the wall at the toe should be shortened sufficiently to prevent any undue obliquity of the hoof, and the foot should be so prepared as to allow the heels of the tip to sink flush with the bearing edge of the wall behind it. When the foot does not allow of the removal of much horn at the toe, what is termed a ' thinned' tip is to be preferred. Its shape is sufficiently shown by the accom- panying figure (Fig. 65). With the tip the posterior half of the foot is allowed to come into contact with the ground, and the object we are. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reeks, H. Caulton. Chicago : Alex. Eger
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