SHOEING COLTS. 



is contracted and hard, and attempt to drop this sort of a 

 sole and frog upon the ground, certainly it would not be 

 advisable unless ihe feet were well softened first, and horse 

 then turned out into some place where the footing was 

 soft. When a condition as this presents itself, it is best to 

 dress the foot down in gradual stages. 



I never heard of a case where sole pressure lamed an 

 animal, nor have I ever heard of a wall splitting loose 

 from the foot for the want of sole pressure. Of course 

 there are exceptions to all cases, but generally when we 

 find rare cases of this sort there may have been a hundred 

 and one different causes that have brought them on, causes 

 that probably seem too insignificant for the average horse- 

 man, or horseshoer, to notice in their incipiency. 



Colcrado E., 2:0434 (in 1910). Former World's Champion Three-Year- 

 Old Trotter. 



