prevents the heel from being worn away faster 

 than it grows; but the objection of tlit weight of 

 the body being thrown too much on the back 

 tendons, still remains. Much caution is like- 

 wise necessary in employing this shoe on horses 

 which have been accustomed to thick-heeled ones, 

 in order that the back parts of the leg may gra- 

 dually accommodate themselves to bear the in- 

 crease of weight which is cast on them. For if 

 this shoe be put on a horse which has always 

 worn a thick-heeled one, it will frequently pro- 

 duce lameness, by straining the back part of the 

 leg on the first trial, and more especially if the 

 horse be ridden or driven fast. 

 - That the tendons may not therefore suffer 

 from being unusually weighted, it is advised to 

 thin the heel of the shoe by degrees, and to cut 

 away a proportional quantity of crust from the 

 toe, in order to bring about something like an 

 equal bearing. But, though this expedient may 

 in a degree answer the end when the toe is lonor, 

 it affords no resource when it happens to be 

 short. 



And it is scarcely to I)e imagined, that any 

 mode of shoeing is likely to become extensively 

 useful, which requires so much nicety of ma- 

 nagement to ensure its success. If the frog 



