13i K0E8E-SH0EING. 



liarity in this part of the hoof, and one which distinguishes it from 

 the wall, is its tendency to bre.ik off in flakes on the ground face when 

 the fibers have attained a certain length ; the wall, on the contrary, 

 continues to grow in length to an indefinite extent, and, unless kept 

 within reasonable dimensions by continual wear or the instruments of 



Fig. 5.— Plantar Surface of left Pose Hoof of a Five-tear-old Horse 

 that had never been Shol — j a, glomes or heels of the frog: b, median 

 lacuna or " cleft" of the frog ; c c, branches of the frog; d d, heels, " angles 

 of inflexion," or "buttresses" of the wall of the hoof; e e, lateral lacuna? 

 or spaces between the frog and liars ; //, inflexions of the wall or " bars ; " 

 </, body of the frog ; h, outside quarter of the boof ; i, inside quarter of the 

 hoof; j, point of the frog ; fe, sole ; I 1, commissure, " white line," or line of 

 junction between sole and wall ; in, n, mammilla ; o, toe. 



the farrier, would in time acquire an extraordinary distortion. The 

 horn of the sole, for this reason, is less dense and resisting than that 

 of the wall, and is designed more to support weight than to sustain 

 wear. 



The "Homy Frog" is an exact reduplication of that within the 

 hoof, described as the sensitive or fatty frog. It is triangular, or 

 rather pyramidal in shape, and is situated at the back part of the hoof 

 within the bars; with its point or apex extending forward to the 

 centre of the sole, and its base or thickest portion filling up the wide 

 space left between the inflexions of the wall. In the middle of the 



