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SHOEING. 



exact proportions of which are preserved in the drawings given. 

 Fig. 570 is a side view, which will give a good idea of the relative 

 proportion of the curve. By this form of shoe the foot has perfect 



Fig. 528.— Hinge Shoe. From the French. Fig. 529.— Form of Shoe Devised in England 



for Preventing Contraction. 



freedom of motion either way. If the foot is feverish or dry, wet 

 sponge or oakum is pushed in between the shoe and bottom of the 

 foot. Fig. 572 is a view of the same made a little heavier, the same 

 form of circle being preserved, with the difference of the central 

 part being removed with cross-section of the same. The shoe from 

 which this drawing was made was claimed to be the same that was 

 worn by Dexter when he made his fastest time to road wagon. 

 Figs. 575, 576, show the method of putting on calkins. In conversa- 

 tion with the writer, Mr. Bonner stated that David Roberge was one 

 of the very foremost living students of the principles of shoeing. He 

 is an unassuming, practical man, but is wonderfully successful. 



Quarter-Crack. 



This is the one difficulty next to con- 

 traction which seems to have baffled the 

 skill of the best veterinary authorities 

 and horsemen to prevent or cure ; because 

 in extreme cases they had no practical 

 treatment beyond that of a bar shoe, cut- 

 ting away the horn so that the part back 

 of the split would have no bearing upon 

 it, or supporting the weak parts by 

 drawing the edges together with nails, 

 or fastening on a plate with screws, all 

 of which are merely palliative, and not 

 to be depended upon. It would, of course, 



Fig. 530. — Form of Shoe Used 



by the French for the Cure 



of Contraction. 



