564 HORSE-SHOES AND HORSE-SHOEING. 



'5. That this very rare accident never produces the 

 bad effects attributed to it, 



'6. Consequently there does not now exist any 

 plausible or valid reason for substituting cold for hot 

 shoeing. 



' 7. Lastly, the advantages attributed to podometric 

 shoeing, especially that which allows the preparation of 

 the shoes without the horses being present, and applying 

 them away from the forge, are not sufficiently demon- 

 strated ; and in any case, if they were, they could not 

 compensate for the inconveniences inherent in this pro- 

 cedure.' ' 



And one of the highest authorities on shoeing. Pro- 

 fessor Key,"" of Lyons, thus sums up the advantages and 

 disadvantages of both methods : — 



^ jidvautages of cold-shoeing. — Cold shoeing does not 

 expose the horse to the danger of having his feet burned. 

 It may be executed either in the stable or in the middle 

 of the highway. It evades the necessity of taking the 

 horse to the forge to be shod, and where the flame of 

 the fire might frighten it. This is an argument of little 

 value, as, with scarcely an exception, horses are not afraid 

 of the forge. Cold shoeing is preferable for weak, flat, 

 or foundered feet, with thin soles. This is, in our opinion, 

 the only real advantage. 



' Inconveniences of cold shoeing. — The greatest defect 

 in cold shoeing consists in its want of solidity. When 

 v/e fit a shoe cold the horn is hard and resists every blow 

 of the hammer, while, by the action of heat, it is a little 



' Recueil de Medecine Veterinaire, p. 476. 1846. 

 ' Traite de Marechalerie, p. 196. 



