i6o SHOEING. 



cafe; in a multiplicity of which, fo many 

 unexpedled variations occur, as render one 

 fixed mode of fhoeing abfolutely impractica- 

 ble with every kind of horfe, notvvithftanding 

 what may have been hitherto advanced from 

 SUPPOSED HIGH AUTHORITY to the Con- 

 trary. 



There are, neverthekfs, fome general rules 

 in the proper fyftem of flioeing and preferv- 

 ing the feet, not eafily to be miftaken by folly 

 or perverted by ignorance, that fliall be fub- 

 mitted to confideration before we take leave 

 of the fubjed: before us; previous to which, 

 fome part of M. La Fosse's obfervations, 

 fo ftrenuoufly recommended by Bart let, 

 become wxll worthy the attention of every 

 gentleman -or fportfman, who may wifli to 

 affift his judgment in the inquiry, and enable 

 himfelf to decide iinpartially^ upon the pro- 

 priety or impropriety of having bis horfe fliod 

 upon principles that have ftood hitherto in- 

 controverted, from a fear (I fufpedl) of ar- 

 raigning authorities, the dread of whofe names 

 may have deterred many practitioners of emi- 

 nence from fo defirable a purpofc. 



I have 



