ADVANTAGES OF HOT-SHOEING. S^5 



softened, and permits a more exact adaptation. It is less 

 solid, particularly in wet weather. When the atmospheric 

 temperature, however, is less inconstant, its durability is 

 greater. This phenomenon is not observed with hot 

 shoeing (Reynal). The authors who wrote at the period 

 when cold shoeing only was known, notice its want of 

 solidity. CcEsar Fiaschi thus expresses himself in the 

 middle of the i6th century: 'Je ne vois d'autre remede, 

 eu egard au peu de solidite de cette ferrure, que de savoir 

 soi-meme brocher les clous ou de se faire suivre par un 

 marechal.' 



'In campaigns, cold shoeing offers less resistance to 

 the deteriorating action of humidity, mud, and bad roads. 

 The veterinary surgeons who accompanied the expedition 

 to Rome, in 1 849, have described the inconvenience of 

 cold shoeing in time of war, in connection with its de- 

 fective solidity, and the difficulty in adopting it. . . . 

 This system of shoeing always necessitates making the foot 

 to fit the shoe. It is difficult of application in cases where 

 regiments are on the march, if the farriers are obliged to 

 seek for the horses in their billets. It takes a longer time, 

 and is not so easy. Its duration is less among town's- 

 horses which run on paved roads, as they wear out their 

 shoes in less than from 15 to 20 days. 



* After this shoeing the horn is more britde, and shoes 

 are more frequently lost. Lastly, cold shoeing is less 

 economical. 



' Advantages of hot shoeing. In hot shoeing, the shoe 

 is more readily adapted to the foot. 



' The shoes which have been fitted hot to the hoofs are 

 applied more equally. The shoeing is more solid, because 



