292 ON THE TREATMENT OF HORSES' FEET, 



weighing, upon an average, from seventeen to twenty 

 stone. These horses marched from fifteen to twenty- 

 five miles per day, for a distance of two hundred miles. 

 On examining the feet of those that wore these short 

 shoes, I found they had very much expanded and that 

 the heels and quarters were quite equal to the wear and 

 tear of the roads ; and as there was no complaint made 

 by the men, that their horses did not go equally well 

 in short, as in long shoes, I was induced to try how 

 long horses with strong feet could wear them without 

 inconvenience, and I have had horses in the regiment 

 wear them at head-quarters for upwards of a year. 



Major Shirley purchased a horse, with his feet in a 

 bad state, being very much contracted. They had also 

 bad thrushes and corns. This horses' feet were 

 cleaned out and the short shoes applied, the horse kept 

 in regular work on the road and occasionally in the field. 

 In three months, the corns and thrushes got well, and 

 the feet became considerably expanded. 



A charger in the regiment belonging to Captain 

 Phillips, had bad contracted feet with diseased frogs 

 and corns. The short shoes were worn by this mare 

 about four months, in which time the feet became 

 much expanded, and the frogs and corns got well. 

 As the mare continued to go on with her duty, both in 

 the field and on the road, and as there was no objec- 

 tion made by the owner of the mare to her wearing the 

 shoes, she continued them for twelve months. 



In making short shoes for such race-horses as may 

 wear them, (which are those horses that have feet with 



