SHOEING. 



697 



FIG. 537. Position of spreaders for opening 

 quarter. 



team of horses trained to drive without reins, had a very bad 

 bruise (corn) on one of his inner heels, which, if not carefully 

 attended to, caused se- 

 rious lameness. After 

 being troubled with it 

 about seven years, it 

 had grown to such 

 proportions as to in- 

 volve the entire angle 

 at the heel, so that the 

 horn was broken quite 

 through, and the sen- 

 sitive structure partly 

 ulcerated. At the 

 close of the season's 

 business, early in June, 

 there was considerable 

 inflammation and sore- 

 ness in the entire foot, in consequence of the aggravated condition 

 of the corn, despite the fact that all pressure had been carefully 



kept from it. All palliative 

 measures having failed, it 

 occurred to the writer to try 

 the experiment of removing 

 all pressure from the part, 

 and turning the horse to 

 grass during the summer 

 months. But there was an- 

 other serious difficulty, to 

 which, in part, some of the 

 soreness might be attributed. 

 By the contraction or curl- 

 ing uoder of the outer heel, 

 it had become so weak that 

 it could scarcely be made to 



FIG. 538. The shoe as it appeared when on, SU ppo r fc his Weight in trav- 

 with the outer quarter opened out. v ., j j j j. 



eling, so it was decided to 



treab this at the same time. The division between the bar and frog 

 of this side was well thinned out to make the quarter flexible. 



