38 THE SHOEING OF HORSES. 



carelessly ridden, or until properly trained and well handled. 

 It is seldom that aged horses forge. Much may be done by a 

 good rider or driver to prevent the habit, by riding or driving 

 young horses well up to the bit. Shorter steps and quicker 

 movement of limb, as well as attention to the shoeing, are the 

 necessary essentials to cure the evil. 



Plate XIII. 



High-Heeled Shoe, — The high-heeled shoe is the kind of shoe 

 represented in Plate XIII. Its application to the foot as an ad- 

 junct in the treatment of certain forms of lameness and disease of 

 the feet and limbs will be found of great value ; it may be used 

 with advantage in acute navicular disease, sprains of the fetlock 

 joint, also of the back tendons, also in diseases and injuries to the 

 knee, hock, elbow, and stifle joints, in shoulder lameness, and, in 

 short, all sprains and injuries of the active tissues and organs of 

 locomotion. 



This shoe, when placed upon the foot, acts beneficially, in 

 consequence of the support it affords to the tendinous and liga- 

 mentous tissues, especially such as are situate at the back of the 

 limb. The heel being elevated, and so maintained without any 

 exertion on the part of the animal, time is thus afforded for cura- 

 tive measures to exert their full beneficial effects. 



In the construction of this shoe, the following essentials 

 should be observed : — 



