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leather ; cut the size of the foot and nail the leather under 

 the shoe. The leather will hold the pork in iDlace. After 

 having the shoes nailed on, it will be well to soak the front 

 feet in a tub filled with warm water to the dejDth of eight or 

 ten inches. Let the horse stand in tlie warm water for one 

 hour. After taking the horse out of the tub, fill the grooves 

 cut in feet with Recipe No. 2, page 306. The salve will ex- 

 clude the air from the grooves cut. In many cases it will be 

 a good plan to apply a sweat blister around the cornet band. 

 If the above treatment is properly ai3j)lied, the horse can be 

 used daily, and the feet will grow out natural and healthy 

 and strong. I have treated over fifty cases in the x^ast year, 

 and all the horses were used daily, and all grew out natural 

 and healthy feet. Letter A shows where to cut groove ; letter 

 B, insensitive frog; letters C C, outer wall. See cut or dia- 

 gram on page 274 for reference of letters. 



Fio;. 1<S6. I desioined 

 this style of shoe to 

 prevent slipping on 

 brick- and granite-paved 

 streets. Bv having long 

 toe and heel calkings, it 

 prevents the foot and 

 joints from rocking side- 

 ways, thus preventing 

 lameness in the ankle 

 joints. The toe and heel 

 calks are sharp, and in 

 the shape of a three- 

 cornered file, or made in 

 a A-shape, on the ground-tread. As the foot lands on tlie 

 street, it is inclined to slide forward, and either the toe or 



Fig. 186. weight of shoe, 8t ounces. 



