158 



SCIENTIFIC nORSF:SHOEING. 



prescription No. 1). iiiid the horse may be worked right along 



without hindrauce. 



This specimen rep- 

 resents the efiects of 

 contraction liy liaving 

 the wall grow too decj), 

 the heels wiring: in un- 

 til they came together, 

 from coronet to ground 

 surface, and the foot 

 was hardly more than 

 half its natural diame- 

 ter. The heels over- 



la})ping each other had 

 Fig, 55. Mule's hook .eiHOwiNG effects ok i i i v 



ovERr.RdWTii PRoorciNG ( oNTR.vcTioN , erowclecl tiie bars, trog 



A, A, Liiu' to which overprowth should bt- and inner Spur up above 



removed at base. 55° indicates the present angle the COronarv band As 

 of hoof. 45° indicates the angle to which it 



will conform when surplus growth, B, is re- the crowding of the 



"i<^^'«^d. ]jars thus necessitated 



a displacement of the internal structure, the coffin-bone was 

 raised behind, the weight presses it forward against the laminae. 

 The laminae in this part being 

 overtasked, soreness and finally 

 lameness ensues. 



In many instances the mule 

 is treated for lameness or strains, 

 when the proper remedy was to 

 have had his feet properly dressed 

 and suitably shod. Do not per- 

 mit the heels to s^row to an ex- 

 treme height, pare them down as 

 much as can be safely done. 



In shoeing a foot of this 

 description, open the heels and Fig. 56. mule shoe. 



