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Fig. 36. side view of hoof showing 

 the effects of springing the shoe off 



THE HEEL. 



A, Lower margin of horny frog. B, Side 

 or quarter of wall. C, Cavity for the cor- 

 onary cushion. D, Shoe on the hoof. 



DROPPED SOLE CAUSED BY BAD SHOEING. 



Three views from a single specimen. 



The illustrations on 

 this and the following page 

 are typical examples of 

 the condition of a found- 

 ered foot, or dropped sole 

 resulting from bad shoe- 

 ing. 



Springing the shoes 

 off the heels, thereby 

 breaking down the quar- 

 ters will cause such effects, 

 especially in large draft 

 horses that have low, 

 broad heels, and Figs. 36 

 and 37 show an instance 

 of this kind. It is plain 

 that such style of shoeing 

 must prove disastrous in 

 the extreme, whereas if 

 the shoe had been fitted so 

 that the heels would have 

 corresponded with the 

 dotted lines F, F, F, F, 

 Fig. 37, the trouble would 

 have been avoided. The 

 excessive width of this 

 foot as compared with its 

 length from toe to heel in- 

 dicates that the quarters 

 have been broken down, 

 the heels worn low and 



Fig. 



BOTTOM VIEW OF SAME HOOF. 



A, Cleft of frog. B, Horny frog. C, 

 Commissures. D, Bars. F, E, F, F, Dotted 

 lines showing where the shoes ought to have 

 been fitted to cover the quarters and heels. 

 E, E, Bulge of heels pressed through shoe 

 by too wide fitting. G, G, Lower face of 

 horny sole. 



