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SCIENTIFIC HORSESHOEING. 



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for the cure of this disease, and may he easily made. A, A, oti 

 face indicates a point from the toe about one-third of its length 

 (or two-thirds from the heels), from which the e^rouiid surface 



of the shoe is to be drawn forward ta 

 toe at B, and back to heels at C, C, 

 leaving the high point at A, as shown 

 in side bar — usually three-eighths of an 

 inch, to vary with the extent of 

 knuckling. The shoe should be made 

 of steel, (|uite thin and light, that the 

 horse may have his foot as near the 

 ground as possible, as well as to receive 

 the benefit of strong frog pressure. 

 The effect of a shoe with such a ground- 

 bearing surface will be to place the 

 horse upon an incline, as though as- 

 cending a hill, and, when in a stand- 

 ing position, the upper pastern will 

 keep its place in its articulation with 

 the fetlock joint, and when in motion, 

 the foot will be able to slide over with- 

 out straining the parts affected. 



Knee Sprung. — Many indefinite 

 causes have been assigned by various 

 writers as the originating source of the 

 condition known as "knee sprung;" 

 but, it generally appears as if the liga- 

 ments and bandao^es of the knee had 

 become strained and enlarged, in which 

 LEG WHEN KNEE SPRUNG. ^Iso thc frout aud back siucws may 

 A, A, Angle of this foot 45 become involved by overexertion of 

 degrees. B, B, Line to which ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^.^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ of the 

 hoof should be reduced to its 

 normal basis. knee-joint being no longer properly 



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