SHOEING. 



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and spaces between the bars and frog. To show this more clearly, 

 three sectional drawings are made from half-size casts, showing the 

 concavity of the foot at different points between the heel and turn 

 of the hoof, and the necessarily great disturbance of this relation by 



the form of shoe 

 usually put on. 

 Fig. A shows the 

 foot at the point 

 of the heels as 

 it rests upon the 

 ordinary thick 

 shoe, with calks 

 raising the frog 

 and so.le so un- 

 naturally high 

 from the ground 

 that there can 

 >be no contact of 

 those parts with 

 it necessary for 

 obtaining mois- 

 ture and preserv- 

 ing a condition 

 of health. In ad- 

 dition it will be 

 noticed that in 

 the way shoes 

 are usually fitted, 

 the bearing sur- 

 face is very much 

 concaved, tend- 

 ing to crowd the 

 Fig. 436.— Right Front Foot, quarters togeth- 

 Posterior and Slightly er pj g 3 s^ows 



the same, with 



form *nd fitting 



of shoes as they 



should be ; Figs. C and D show the Same at relative distances be- 

 tween there and the turn of the foot ; D, at the widest part, repre- 

 senting a heavy shoe. (See page 347, Figs. 472-475.) 



If a colt's foot grows too long or out of line, it should be leveled 

 down so as to make the adjustment natural, the outer edge 



Lateral View. 



a, c, Perforans tendon ; 

 Suspensory ligament. 



Fig. 437.— Inferior, Lateral, and Pos- 

 ' terior View of the Right Front Foot, 

 Showing Ligaments of Tendons. 



a, Sensitive frog ; h, Perforans' 

 tendon ; f , 'Suspensory ligament. 



