53 ON SHOEING. 



In this case the proprietor of the animal, 

 who, probably, is not sufficiently versed m the 

 art of shoeing to detect such iniquitous schemes, 

 discovers that his horse is lamed, and, unfortu- 

 nately for his future interest, possesses a still 

 higher opinion of his blacksmith's abilities, and 

 thenceforth condemns the veterinary college and 

 its doctrines in toto. But notwithstanding all 

 their objections to the new system of shoeing, 

 the defenders of the old mode cannot disprove 

 this deplorable fact, that there is scarcely one 

 horse in a thousand, at six years of age, that is 

 perfectly sound in his feet. 



PUMIED OR CONVEX SOLE. 



This alteration of the original form of the 

 sole is sometimes produced by inflammation in 

 the foot, and frequendy by bad shoeing only. 

 When it is the result of inflammation, the horse 

 is said to be foundered, and the coffin bones to 



be 



