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SHOEING. 



with, perhaps, a few hurried rakes 



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Fig. 430. — Foot of a five-year-old colt that 

 had never been shod. 



It will be noticed, first, 

 that those having thick shoes 

 with high calks, show a 

 greater or less degree of curl- 

 ing under of the quarters, 

 with so much absorption and 

 weakening of them as to 

 make them more or less sore 

 or lame. Or, when the foot 

 is flat, the quarters resting 

 upon such largely concave 

 surfaces (as shown by sec- 

 tional drawings of shoe), the 

 foot becomes convex, or the 

 frosr settles down below the 

 bearing of the heels. This 

 causes the foot to become so 

 weak as to be unable to bear 

 the strain of severe work, 

 while those having the shoes 



of the rasp over the clenches 

 and lower edge of the wall, 

 maintained the best condition 

 of health. 



This is particularly notice- 

 able in horses that travel on 

 oround which alloAvs the feet 

 to settle into it, so as to bi-ing 

 more or less pressure upon 

 the sole and frog. These re- 

 sults are more noticeable in 

 large cities, especially iu New 

 York, where there are large 

 lines of travel that afford am- 

 ple opportunity of studying 

 the condition of the feet, in 

 conjunction with the method 

 of paring, and the form and 

 weie'ht of the shoe. 



Fio. 



431. — ^Foot of a three-year-old colt 

 that had never been fhod. 



