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whicli, if properly made, will rest always upon them and 

 will be in no danger of pressing upon the sole at the '' corn 

 place." If the case is a bad one, and if the frog is suffi- 

 ciently sound to withstand the pressure, a bar-shoe may be 

 used, which is chambered over the affected point, and so 

 formed as to rest upon the frog. This treatment, however, 

 should not be constant, as the frog would not long bear the 

 pressure, and as the heel being relieved from pressure might 

 become softened, and thus induce permanent lameness. 

 There are few cases in which a bar-shoe, thus formed, can 

 be used for more than two successive shoeings. 



If a horse, whose feet are already sound, be shod accord- 

 ing to the directions given in the chapter on that subject, 

 there need be no fear of his having corns, if proper care be 

 taken to prevent an accumulation of gravel under the shoe. 



Cutting, or interfering, is the striking of the fetlock 

 joint with the opposite foot, or its shoe. It arises some- 

 times from a defective formation of the legs, but generally 

 from improper shoeing. On this subject Youatt says : 



Many expedients used to be tried to remove this ; the 

 inside heel has been raised and lowered, and the outside 

 raised and lowered ; and sometimes one operation has suc- 

 ceeded, and sometimes the contrary ; and there was no point 

 so involved in obscurity, or so destitute of principles to 

 guide the practitioner. The most successful remedj^, and 

 that which in the great majority of cases supersedes all 

 others, is Mr. Turner's shoe, of equal thickness from heel 

 to toe, and having but one nail on the inside of the shoe, 

 and that near the toe ; care being taken that the shoe shall 

 not extend beyond the edge of the crust, and that the crust 

 shall be rasped a little at the quarters. 



When the leg is at all swollen from the cutting, it should 

 be protected by a boot, which should in all cases remain on 

 until the cure is complete, as if the swelling remained it 



