SHOEING SORE AND LAME HORSES. 



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(No. 37.) 



A shoe with a high heel and 

 the toe rounding, without 

 a toe cork, for a sore, 

 stiffened horse, or one 

 that has any soreness or 

 inflammation in the coffin- 

 joint. The heel must be 

 raised from the ground 

 and the toe rounded to 

 aid mobility. 



a sled-runner or worn off like an old shoe. (See cut.) You 

 thereby aid mobility by helping the foot to turn easily on 

 the ground, and will enable travel- 

 ling much easier. If in winter, and 

 you must have corks forward, have 

 two set in at the back edge of the 

 toe on each side, which will allow 

 the same freedom of rolling to the 

 foot. If the horse is OFF AND ON 

 LAME, and seems to go worse when 

 he loses his shoe, and is off and on 

 lame, there is more or less inflam- 

 mation in the heel or in the coffin- 

 joint. In this case put on a high- 

 heeled shoe with no toe cork, and 

 in addition, round the toe. If there 

 is a thickening or inflammation of 

 the tendons on the back of the leg 

 below the knee, run your ringers 

 down the tendons ; and if there is found slight heat and en- 

 largement, or in the ankle, put on a high-heeled shoe. If a 

 strain of the ankle, bandage lightly, and keep wet with a hot 

 liniment of salt and vinegar; and, if you must drive the 

 horse, bandage tightly while moving, keeping the leg wet, 

 but loosen as soon as the stable is reached, to permit more 

 freedom of circulation. If a good, 

 healthy foot and no lameness, put 

 on a simple flat shoe with e the heel 

 quite thin, but the bar rather wide : 

 let the frog have some contact with 

 the ground. If the horse is lame 

 in the forefoot, sometimes almost 

 well, at other times quite lame, 

 poultice the foot, fit the shoe care- 

 fully, raise the heel with corks round 

 the toe, nail on as lightly as you can, 

 no heavy hammering, keep wet, and 

 there will be marked improvement 

 (see coffin-joint lameness), and 

 most cases will get well ; gradually 

 lower the heel as you find the foot will bear ; remember, 



(No. 38.) 



A clip or thin heeled shoe, 

 to give the sole and frog 

 contact with the ground. 

 For contraction. 



