. The standard horse book, comprising the taming, controlling and education of unbroken and vicious horses. he feet are soft. There is usually a large accumulationof horn, especially at the heel, all ofwhich must be removed, and the wallleveled down to its proper , with the drawing-knife pare outthe sole ; not enough to make it bend to pressure, but more thanbeyond the removal of the old horn. Then with a small knife,which should be made expressly for the purpose,—let the blade bemade straight, with a cutting edge on both sides, and the end turned about a quarter of aninch, temp
. The standard horse book, comprising the taming, controlling and education of unbroken and vicious horses. he feet are soft. There is usually a large accumulationof horn, especially at the heel, all ofwhich must be removed, and the wallleveled down to its proper , with the drawing-knife pare outthe sole ; not enough to make it bend to pressure, but more thanbeyond the removal of the old horn. Then with a small knife,which should be made expressly for the purpose,—let the blade bemade straight, with a cutting edge on both sides, and the end turned about a quarter of aninch, tempered andground down to a keenedge, so as not to cuta channel much morethan one eighth tothree sixteenths of aninch wide, — weakenthe wall between thebars and frog, by scrap-ing or cutting out thebottom of the channelback to the point of theheel so much that when pressure is brought upon the heels outward,there will be no impediment to their opening freely at their upperedge. To do this, commence well forward near the point of thefrog, and cut back, following the line of the arch carefull). Particu-.
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