58 I3IPll()VED METHOD OF SHOEING. 



a determined cutter before, both liis ancles being 

 then raw from the repetition of blows. His feet 

 were exceedingly contracted; but I consider it 

 necessary to acknowledge that the horse was per- 

 fectly free from lameness, and that my assistance 

 was only required by the owner relative to the cut- 

 ting. Accordingly, I gave my own shoeing-smith 

 directions to shoe both fore feet to the extreme, 

 against cutting, as follows : — A shoe of moderate 

 substance, and of equal thickness toe and heels, to 

 be nailed at the toe and outside quarter, with an 

 extra nail or two at the outside heel, but not a single 

 nail to be driven or hole jmnclted in the inner half 

 of the shoe, except one a little inclined to the in- 

 side toe, and all the inner edge of the shoe, that 

 otherwise would have been fullered, to be bevelled 

 off, to prevent the possibility of the iron interfering 

 with the opposite leg, and, of course, to avail him- 

 self of a further advantage by rasping away the 

 inner wall of the hoof as much as possible, without 

 rendering the horse tender in his ^^ork, by ap- 

 theTepeUti'on pro^chiug too ucar the quick. It was also arranged 

 pvery'ti'S' that tliis pkui sliould be followed up at the termina- 

 tion of every three weeks, whether the shoes were 

 worn out or not, and which was strictly attended 

 to. 



At the expiration of three or four months, this 

 method of shoeing proved not only a perfect remedy 

 for the cutting, but it also ellccted a most important 



weeks. 



