AND HOW TO KEEP IT SOUND. 



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FIGURES I. AND II. 



Figs. 1 and 2 represent the left or near fore foot of a pony 

 five years old, which was destroyed in consequence of an ac- 

 cident. It had been but a few times shod, and is a very good 

 example of what may be called a perfect foot. — I have care- 

 fully preserved the relative position of the various parts to 

 each other. 



Fig. 1. 



Tig. 1 — Shows the ground surface of the hoof prepared for receiving a 

 shoe ; and marks very distinctly the difference between the curvature 

 of the outer and inner quarters. 



o The toe — ^rasped away to receive the tumed-up shoe. 



a 1. The inner toe. 



a 2. Tlie outer toe. 



b 1. The inner quarter. 



h 2. The outer quarter. 



c 1. The inner heel. 



c 2. The outer heel. 



d d d. The sole. 



c e. The crust or wall of the hoot 



//. The bars. 



g g. The commissures. 



hkl The frog. 



h. The part immediately under the navicular joint* 



k. The oval cleft of the frogr. 



I. The elevated boundary of the cleft. 



t i. The bulbs of the heels. 



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