i6i SHOEING. 



before observed) that, in their opinion, ifyoo 

 pare the sole or frog, you prevent the heel 

 of the horse from coming into constant con- 

 tact with the ground ; and the tendon is de- 

 prived of the elastic assistance of the frog to 

 promote its expansion and contraction* This 

 is at least the exact purport of their descrip- 

 tion , if not given in the very same language,, 

 and is very well entitled to the deliberate 

 attention of those who wish to understand 

 accurately the state of the tendon (or back 

 sinews) when., in the Stabularian tongue, they 

 are said to be " let down.'" 



Sucli a paring and hollowing out of the 

 lieei as they seem to describe, must be a most 

 unmerciful destructian af parts, and what I 

 believe can seldom happen in the present age^ 

 unless in the remote and least improved parts 

 of the kingdom. Concluding, however, they 

 took only a conjectural survey of this mat- 

 ter, I must beg leave to observe, that im- 

 mediately after reprobating the idea of raising 

 the frog from the ground by parings they 

 strenuously recommend a much more cer- 

 tain method of producing the very evil they 

 tell you they wish to prevent. And this by 



