CONTENTS. IX 



CHAPTEK IX. PAGi 



Description of Frog- and Sole, by Douglas— Russell on 

 Hot Fitting, and ' Clips ' on Shoes — Facility of ' Back- 

 ing' when a Horse stands upon his feet — Strength 

 of the Horse's Toe — Excessive Growth of Horn on 

 Toes of Unshod Donkeys in Ireland — All Shoeing only 

 an Affair of Routine, and is quite unnecessary — 

 Mayhew, * Veterinary Surgeons cling to the Practices 

 in which they have been educated ' — Retreat of 

 Napoleon from Moscow with Unshod Horses . . 70 



CHAPTER X. 



Unshod Horses in the Indian Mutiny — Unshod Horses in 

 the Zidu War — Farriers in the Army are Tailors, etc. 

 — ' Daily Telegraph ' on Frozen Streets — Compara- 

 tive Inutility of Cogs and Studs — Unshod Horses in 

 Mexico, etc., and their remarkable Freedom from 

 Lameness and Diseases of the Feet and Legs . . 83 



CHAPTER XI. 



Brittle Hoof and the Treatment it gets — The ' Water- 

 cure ' more effective — Brittle Hoof often leads to 

 Sandcrack, Seedy Toe, and Pumice Foot — Hard 

 Roads are favourable to the Unshod Hoof . . 1^1 



CHAPTER XII. 



Letter of * Aberlorna ' in * Farm Journal ' — Lieut.-Col. 

 Burdett on Hot Shoeing, Greasing, ' Stopping,' and 

 Paring the Hoof — Cold Shoeing — North Metropolitan 

 Tramway Horses are shod cold with the Seeley Shoe 

 — Gradual Breaking in of Horses to go unshod — 

 Different Characteristics of Countries where Horses 

 are bred — Ancient Writers on bare Stone and Wood 

 for Stalls — Osmer has known Unshod Horses go 

 Sound in England — *Our moist Climate and hard 

 Roads ' — Mayhew and Douglas on Opposers of Pro- 

 gress .......... 100 



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