INDIA-RUBBER FROG PADS. 



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need not be feared. Drying of the leather sole can be pre- 

 vented by dressing the upper surface with tar or grease. In 

 treating narrow or contracted hoofs it is well every few days 

 to immerse the entire hoof in a bucket of water so as to 

 thoroughly moisten the horn. Afterwards the sole itself may 

 be rubbed with some form of hoof dressing. 



2. Rubber Pads ox Leather. 



The leather used is similar to the foregoing, but on it is sewu, 

 or more frequently cemented, a mass of rubber of varying 

 shape. In the case of fig. 301 the rubber is about f inch 

 and in fig. 302 about |- inch in thickness. In the sole shown 

 in fig. 301 the rubber corresponds in size to the width of the 

 posterior third of the hoof. The heels of the shoe are, of 



Fig. 301.— Rubber bar pad on leather. 



Fig. 302. — Rubber frog pad on leather. 



course, shortened. The pad shown in fig. 302 is used with an 

 ordinary flat shoe. As the rubber projects considerably the 

 shoe should be made a little thicker than usual, though to act 

 most effectually the rubber must project -J- inch beneath the shoe. 

 The pad shown in fig. 302 is much more easily and rapidly 

 fixed than that shown in fig. 301. These pads are useful both 

 for sound and for many diseased hoofs, in which they may 

 advantageously be used where a leather sole would otherwise 

 be applied, while at the same time they prevent slipping. 

 They are only fully effectual when used in conjunction with a 

 properly applied stopping of tow and tar. 



