78 SHOEING. 



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

 posite leg during work. 



A strong clip should also be thrown up on the out- 

 side quarters of these shoes to catch the wall and effec- 

 tually prevent them from shifting towards or projecting 

 beyond 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 pre- 

 sent 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 (seepages 121 and 130), 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 v/eakening the adjacent wall), where the dis- 

 ease originates from undue pressure of the shoe on the 

 inside quarter of that susceptible spot, or from friction 

 of the coffin-bone, on the inside of the sole, above the 

 seat of corn. The shoe ought to rest entirely on the 

 icall of the foot, and not on any part of the sole. 



Roughing and Frosting is simjily drawing out the old 

 nails about the toes and replacing them with very large 

 sharp-headed ones, called frost-nails. Horse-nails being 

 made purposely of a soft metal, are unfit for frosting, 

 as the heads wear down so quickly. If smiths would 

 steel the heads of frost-nails, they would last much 

 longer. This precaution against slipping, however, is 

 only effectual in slight frosts. In regular frosting, the 



