[ 102 I r. 



Objection I. 



They fay that this kind of fhoeing will caufe 

 ftrains, bruifes, and other ailments in the 

 heel. 



Answer. I have already demonftrated that 

 the fhoe- heels never yield as was thought ; that 

 the weight of the horfe forces the hoof to come 

 upon the fhoe- heel -, by which the horfe's-heel 

 is bruifed, as if in a prefs ; and confequently 

 having the fhoe-heels Ihort, he will be lefs fub- 

 je6i; to thefe diforders by this fhort fhoeing, 

 becaufe the horfe's-heel will but lightly touch 

 the pavements, bearing the weight of the body 

 intirely upon the middle of the foot, and upon 

 the frog. 



Objection II. 



Some pretend the horfe's-heel wears away. 



Answer. To prove without reply, that this 

 is falfe, that the heel can never be worn to the 

 quick, and that its fubftance is of fuch a nature 

 as to grow more than it wears •, it is that we are 

 obliged to take it down every time we fet on a 

 fhoe : but it is only in fuch horfes as have the 



heels ftrong. 



Object 



