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Highness can upon ocular demonstration convince 

 yourself, by a selection of all sorts of horses from 

 all sorts of work, that in proportion as the froj; of 

 the horse's foot is upon a level with the heels (I 

 may say as it is bold and prominent),^ will the foot 

 ]>e iound to be sound and healthy ; and as the 

 frog is prevented (by removal from pressure) from 

 exercising its natural functions, according to the 

 length of time and degree in which its functions 

 have been so suspended, will the foot be found to 

 be in a state of disease. 



'i he injudicious application of Mr. Coleman's 

 ih'iii-hcclcd shoe, by the enemies to the Vetennary 

 College, is what alone has brought it into* dis-. 

 repute ; to guard against this misapplication has 

 ever been Mr. Coleman's endeavour, both in liis 

 lectures and in his writings, by forcibly inculcating: 

 this truth : — " that the very worst possible shoe 

 " would do less injury to the animal, if the foot 

 " was properlj^ prepared to receive it, than the 

 " eery best shoe, if such attention was neglected 

 '' in preparing the foot;" and in all cases he re- 

 commends, " that w here the frog has been long- 

 *' removed from pressure, eitlier by an improper 

 " quantity of iron at the heels of tlie s])oe, or an 

 *' improper depth of horn at llint part of the foot, 

 " to Jower the heels no more at each tiipe of shoe- 

 " ing, than what could be taken from the length 

 " cf the toe," thereby keeping; the foot in the 

 state of equilibrium in which we found it ; thus, 

 even in this instance, the doctrine of straining the 



