i84 S H O E I N G. 



their acquiring an ill conformation : by a 

 want of proper corrcd:ion they will very fre- 

 quently be found fpreading to a long flat thia 

 foot, which left to time, will become irre- 

 coverably weak ; on the contrary, proportio- 

 nally pared at the bottom^ fliortcned at the toc^ 

 and rounded with the rafp, will conftitute the 

 very kind of foot in fhape and firmnefs of all 

 others the moft defirable. 



Before we entirely difmifs this fubjedl, a 

 few remarks upon the management of the feet 

 mjlablcd horfesy cannot be considered inappli- 

 capable to our prefentpurpofe of general utility. 

 Firft, it fliould be remembered, an equal in- 

 convenience arifes from having horfes un- 

 neceffarily fiiod too ofteji^ or the ceremony 

 poflponed too long ; the former, by its fre- 

 quency, batters and breaks the hoof (parti- 

 cularly if of the brittle kind) to a perceptible 

 degree of injury ; the latter promotes an 

 aukward growth of the foot, an indentation of 

 the flioe upon the fole, or inner edge of the 

 hoof, and a probable deflrudion of the frog. 



Various opinions may have been fupported 



upon tlie propriety of flopping and oiling 



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