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pitching or hard roads much more than light ones do.) If the 

 case is not a severe one, plain shoes, made after the same 

 fashion, will do, although I prefer the bar shoes. I sometimes 



Fig. 72. — Mr. Broad's shoe as described in the text. 



use leather soles, but not in all cases. If the heels of the feet 

 are very strong and high, lower them ; if not, don't cut or pare 

 the feet in any way. I also give at once an ordinary dose of 

 physic, and as soon as possible get the shoes on, and compel the 

 animal to walk on soft ground, if obtainable ; if not, on the 

 road or round the box for a short time, until a little of the 

 soreness passes off ; for however difficult it may be for him to 

 move at first, it always lessens from exercise. In severe cases i^ 

 is often necessary for a person to walk behind the animal for a 

 short time to compel him to move on. Eegulate the amount 

 of exercise according to circumstances ; in a general way, give 

 from half-an-hour to one and a half hours three times per day, 

 allowing the horse to have a loose box when not at exercise. 

 Eepeat the physic about the fourth day (depending in a mea- 

 sure on the effects of the previous dose, although I never saw 

 any ill effects from the repeated physicking in such cases), until 

 the lameness is removed, and the horse fit to work, which he 

 may do in the same shoes, or lighter ones made somewhat after 

 the same fashion, as it will be better for the horse to do mode- 

 rate work than to remain idle.' In cases arising from meta- 

 stasis, or excessively long journeys, where there is exhaustion, 

 it is necessary to be very careful with regard to physicking. . 

 In country places, when there is a difficulty in getting the 

 special shoes made quickly, the horse may be exercised in a 

 field in his ordinary shoes, or without any, until the special 

 shoes be made and put on. It is very essential that no time 

 be lost before the treatment is commenced, for when the con- 

 gestive stage has passed, and active inflammation is going on, 

 it is necessary to be very cautious with regard to exercise. If, 



