HORSE-SHOES 



AND HORSE-SHOEING. 



CHAPTER I. 



THE VALUE OF THE HORSE AS A LIVING MACHINE DEPENDS TO A GREAT 

 EXTENT UPON HIS FEET. THE CARE OF THEM BY ANCIENT PEOPLE. 

 XENOPHON AND HIS ADVICE. THE NECESSITY FOR SOUND FEET. 

 HISTORY OF THE ART OF SHOEING. THE HOOF IN A NATURAL 

 STATE. EFFECTS OF DOMESTICATION AND CLIMATE. THE PER- 

 SIANS, ETHIOPIANS, ABYSSINIANS, TARTARS, MONGOLS, AND OTHER 

 NATIONS. THE GREEKS. DIFFICULTY IN TRACING THE ORIGIN OF 

 SHOEING. SCRIPTURAL TIMES. HOMER, AND ' BRAZEN-FOOTED.' 

 TRYPHIODORUS. BRONZE SHOES, AND SHOELESS HOOFS. XENO- 



PHON ON THE MANAGEMENT OF HORSEs' FEET. ARISTOTLE. POLY- 

 DORE VERGIL. THE GREEK MARBLES. CLIMATE OF GREECE. 



EFFECTS OF MARCHING. TRANSLATORS* AND COMMENTATORS' MIS- 

 TAKES. ARRIAN AND ARTEMIDORUS. THE COIN OF TARENTUM. 



The horse is justly considered, even in these days, 

 when the application of steam power has to a certain 

 extent limited some of his more important functions, one 

 of the most tractable and serviceable living machines, 

 viewing him as a motor, ever pressed into slavery by 

 man, and consequently ranks high above all those crea- 



