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CHAPTER XIX. 



Shoeing. — Odd feet indicative of previous unsoundness. — Con- 

 struction of foot. — Shape and structure of crust and sole. 

 — The frog. — Thickness of crust and sole. — Alae of coffin- 

 bone. — Circular action of foot. — Use of shoes. — Iron 

 suitable for shoes. — Sole not to be pared. — Ignorance of 

 farriers. — Evils of chopping out the heels.— Lowering the 

 feet. — Shoe to rest on the crust. — Shape and thickness of 

 shoe. — Clinches. — Position of nails. — Concave shoes. — 

 ' Fitzwygram ' shoes. — The 'Charlier' system. — Tips. — 

 Koughing. — Patent hoof-pads. — Calkins. — Over-reaching. 

 — Cause of cutting and prevention. — Bevelled shoes. — 

 Inconvenience caused by neglect of servants. — Inspection 

 by farrier.— Shoeing-pricks. — Price of shoeing. — Hot feet 

 and remedy. — Stopping. — Eecipe for stopping. — Thrush 

 and treatment. — Corns and treatment.- — Shoeing with 

 leather. — Lameness. — Shoulder lameness. — Lameness in 

 hock ; from splint ; of fetlock-joint.- — Sandcrack and treat- 

 ment. — Hoof-ointment. 



We now have to consider one of the most im- 

 2)ortant, if not the most important, subjects with 

 which we have to deal in the present work, viz. : 

 that of shoeing. 



No matter how good in every other respect a 

 horse may be, if his feet are not good and sound he 

 is useless. We cannot utilize him, Pegasus-like, 



