102 ARTISTIC HORSE-SHOEING. 



the horse is hoof bound, but whatever you call it, the horse 

 should be g-iven immediate relief. An animal thus afflicted 

 suffers as much as a man would suffer with a pair of 

 extremely tight boots, and perhaps more. It is no Avonder 

 in cases of contraction that a horse tries to relieve the pain 

 he suffers by walking- on his toes. The contraction of the 

 foot presses on the blood vessels and nerves and in a 

 measure shuts off the circulation, causing* intense pain. 

 Any man can easily tell when a horse is suffering- from 

 contraction by examining" the lateral ridg-es of the hoof. 



