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porary improvement, not at all tending towards a cure. 

 On the contrary, it would be better to shorten the toes 

 by degrees ; and on no account should a rasp be put near 

 the wall of the inside quarter, in order to let it get as 

 strong as possible towards the heel. 



I would certainly allow no nails to be driven inside, 

 but let the shoe be fastened round the outer quarter of 

 the foot, the shoe itself being of equal thickness on both 

 quarters as an ordinary shoe ; but on putting it on, it 

 should not be suffered to project outside the inside quar- 

 ter, and the shoes might here be rasped to guard against 

 rough edges, which might injure the pastern of the op- 

 posite leg during work. 



A strong clip should also be thrown up on the outside 

 quarters of these shoes to catch the wall and effectually 

 prevent them from shifting towards or projecting be- 

 yond the inside quarter, which might cause them to 

 come in contact with the opposite pastern-joint while in 

 motion. Until the brushing be somewhat remedied, 

 an india-rubber ring or a bit of leather, and elastic 

 strap round the pastern, will prevent it from receiving 

 present injury. If the above treatment is attended to 

 and persevered in, the probability is that in nine cases 

 out of ten a cure will be effected in course of time. 



Corns. — Every horse -owner ought to make himself 

 acquainted with the part of the sole between the frog 

 and the wall on the inside quarter of the fore foot, 

 called the seat of corns (see pages 131 and 140), and 

 every time that a horse is shod or removed, in paring 

 the foot the drawing-knife should be used to clean 

 away this cavity (without weakening the adjacent wall), 

 where the disease originates from undue pressure of the 

 shoe on the inside quarter of that susceptible spot, or 



