SHOEING THE SADDLE-HORSE. 39 



on a perfectly smooth road, and an examination of 

 its feet showed that inflammation had been caused 

 by shoes that had not been removed for a long 

 time. 



It is better to use the rasp in preparing the hoofs, 

 as there is less danger then of taking away more 

 horn than is required, as sometimes happens in 

 using the knife, and the bars at the heels should 

 never be cut away. 



It must be understood that what I have said 

 regarding the cure or the correction of such defects 

 as toes turned in or turned out, have reference to 

 horses naturally well-formed, whose hoofs have 

 been neglected. But where these defects are due 

 to malformations they can be remedied to a greater 

 or less extent in the same manner. 



