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SHOEING. 



Fig. 562.— Shoe as Nailed on to 

 be Spread. 



can be made to travel without striking, to keep the adjustment 

 natural by paring the foot level and making the shoe of an equal 

 thickness all the way round, with 

 perhaps the inner part straightened 

 a little. 



Sometimes colts driven to a sulky, 

 when a little leg-weary, may strike 

 badly ; in such a case the ankle must 

 be protected. In all cases where the 

 ankle is cut, the swelling and sore- 

 ness increase the difficulty, and 

 should be guarded against by cov^- 

 ering. If the irritation is kept up, 

 and this is not done, it may result 

 in permanent enlargement of the 

 part, which would afterward increase 

 the liability to be hit. This can be 

 prevented only by coverings, or by 

 being protected by the ordinary sim- 

 ple means, until the inflammation 

 subsides and the injury heals. Prof McLellan says on this sub- 

 ject :— 



Treatment for interfering, to be rational, must take into account the causations. 

 Thus, if the toes turn out — a very common cause of interfering — they should be in- 

 clined in all that is possible. This can be accomplished by bending the outside web 



of the shoe from its inner to its outer 

 border, making the edge through which the 

 nails are driven, quite thin. Or if calks 

 are used, the toe-calk can be welded 

 nearer the inside than the outside toe, and 

 the toe-calk beveled at the expense of its 

 outer extremity. If the knee is banged, 

 but light shoes are indicated. Lightness in 

 the shoe is always desirable ia the hind 

 feet, and if the season of the year permits, 

 tips will be found very effective in pre- 

 vention of interfering. The nails should 

 be left out of the hoof at the point where 

 it strikes, because the clinches are liable 

 to become raised or loosened, and do in- 

 jury. 



Clicking, or Overreaching.* 



Fig. 563.— As the Heels Appear after 

 Being Spread. 



This is a term applied to the striking of 

 the hind shoes against the forward ones 

 during progression. It may be due either 



■ Contributed by Prof. McLellan. 



