6 CONTENTS. 



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Five naiis employed,— but six recommended , 25 



Reasons for recommending six nails 25 



How expansion of the foot is permitted by one-sided nailing 26 



Corns cured by one-sided nailing with five nails 27 



Evidence of a commercial traveller in favor of one-sided nailing with five 



nails only 27 



Remarks upon shoeing with leather 28 



The hind shoe considered 29 



Objections to the general use of " Calkins" 29 



Clips 30 



The cause and prevention of " forging" 30 



•' Overreach' ' how produced and how prevented 31 



A plan for detecting the exact part of the shoe with which a horse ** cuts" 31 



Reasons against shoeing horses in the stable, away from the forge 32 



General observations upon shoeing hunters, and plating race-horses 33 



The situation of the nails a common cause of horses losing their races 34 



The effect of the loss of one inch upon each stride in running over the 



Derby course 34 



The advantages of a loose box. 35 



The disadvantages of stalls shown in the number of horses cast by cavalry 



regiments G6 



The objections commonly urged against loose boxes 38 



The bet t mode of converting stalls into loose boxes 38 



The real — but unurged — objection to loose boxes 38 



Horses having always been kept in stalls, no argument against its being 



hurtful to them 33 



New form of muzzle recommended, instead of the two objectionable forms 



in common use 40 



Meaning of the word " sound," as applied to horses' feet 40 



A foot afflicted with inflammation and pain— not sound 41 



'* Pointing" — not merely a trick— but a symptom of unsoundness 41 



Perfectly sound feet among horses in work very rare, and not absolutely 



essential — nevertheless very desirable 42 



The importance of regular daily exercise to the soundness of horses' feet . . 42 



Treatment of the foot in the stable 44 



A useful hoof ointment 44 



The best mode of applying moisture 44 



Morning the fittest time for the application of cold water to the feet 45 



Stopping the feet at night recommended 45 



Cow-dung a good stopping 45 



No fear of producing thrushes by moist stopping 45 



Bad shoeing the real cause of thrushes 45 



Two cases of thrushes cured by standing on wet sawdust without shoes ... 45 



Standing on wet sawdust in a loose box preferred to turning out 45 



Va.ue of a general warranty considered ♦ 49 



