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THE ART OF HORSE-SHOEING. 



-extremity of tlie heels, the wall is not supported by bone, 

 but by strong plates of gristle, which are called the 

 lateral cartilages. 



Fig. 11— The Lateral Cartilage. 



The Lateral Cartilages are situated one on either 



-side of the foot, partly within and partly without the 



hoof. They form the basis upon which the back part of 



the wall is moulded, and being elastic, permit a certaia 



Pig. 15.— Coffin Bone and Lateral Cartilages seen from above, 



amount of movement in the posterior parts of the foot. 

 (Fig. 14.) If the coffin bone filled the whole hoof, the 

 foot would be too rigid. With bone at the front portion. 



