INDEX. 



CHAPTER I. — Necessity for a Better System of Shoeing. 



Guards against concussion — Breaking the jar — " Round-hoof 'd " — Dilata- 

 tion and contraction — Weight controls the action — Tight boots. 



CHAPTER II.— Guards Again'st Concussion — An Elastic Shoe 

 — Stonehenge on Tips, Etc. 

 Artificial requirements — Unfettered quarters — The English greyhound — 

 The Oakland streets — "Dwelling" action. 



CHAPTER III.— Different Forms of Tips — Effect of Weight 

 on the Feet— Miles' Essay — Etc. 

 Best method of nailing — The rolling-motion shoe — Changing the pace into 

 the trot — Open-heeled shoes — An admirable contrivance. 



CHAPTER IV". — Cure of a Sprung Tendon — Results of Exper- 

 iments — Etc. 

 A surprising effect — Hock-Hocking, 



CHAPTER V. — From Shoes to Tips — Further Satisfactory 



Tests. 

 Intelligent trainers — One-sided tip— An important subject. 



CHAPTER VI. — Mistakes of Blacksmiths and Grooms — Hard 

 Roads and the Consequences, 

 A singular influence — Practices of the vaquero — Corns and contraction — 

 Elasticity of the sole. 



CHAPTER VII. — Differences of Opinion in Regard to Proper 

 Action — Effects of Changes in Shoeing — Practical Exam- 

 ples, Etc. 

 Colonel Lewis and FuUerton— Effects of a heavy shoe— The trials of 

 Avola — Restricted Experiments— Contrary effects of weight. 



