Vlll. CONTENTS. 



APPENDIX 



The argument, that horses require more supj^ort at the 



heels, than nature has given to them, refuted - 2 



Reasons Avhy the system of one-sided nailing has not 



obtained more general use - - - - 3 



Extra fastenings only required to counteract defective 



fitting of the shoe - - - - - 4 



Undue weight attached to the opinion of smiths and 



stable j^eople - - - - - - 5 



Estimate of the value of the smith's opinion upon the 



foot of the horse - - - - - 6 



Frequent repetition of the same tiling in the same way 



not experience - - - - - - 7 



Horse-masters invdted to acquaint themselves with the 



principles of shoeing - - - - - 8 



Smiths and grooms for the most part ready and willing 



to receive instniction - - - - - 9 



Knowledge of the anatomy of the foot not absolutely 



essential to a practical acquaintance with the art of 



shoeing - - - - - - -,, 



Five nails sufiicient for hunters in any country - 10 



A mechanical impossibility for any description of ground 



to pull ofi" a shoe, which has been p>''(^P^^'^y fitted to 



the foot - - - - - -11 



Smiths for the most part desirous of information, but 



disheartened by the indifference of their employers - 12 

 Case of three horses worked through the summer with 



five nails, one of them hunted with six, and then 



with five, followed by a second with five - - 14 



