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SHOEING. 



shoe, down to it. Or, should the shoe be too straight or narrow for 

 the foot across the points of nailing, to drive the nails so deeply as 

 not only to endanger 

 'pricking, but greatly to 

 weaken the wall. 



The excessive rasp- 

 ing not only destroys 

 the strongest part of 

 the wall, that best able 

 to retain the nail-holes 

 and support concus- 

 sion, but causes a se- 

 rious internal disease 

 not usually understood, 

 which shows its effect 

 in an absorption of the 

 bone beneath. Fig. 523 is a good illustration of this. The speci- 

 men from which it is drawn was obtained from Dr. Hamill. The 

 small sketch is full size, and shows the exact appearance of its sur- 

 face, and small points of horn which are over a quarter of an inch 



long, extending out like pegs. 



Shoeing the Hind Feet. 



There is usually so little 



Fig. 476.— Tips, 

 the French, 



From 



Fig. 477.— Thin Strip Set In 

 Hoof. From Lafosse. 



Fig. 478.— Tips Applied to the Colt's Foot 



Fig. 479.— Thin Shoe. From Lafosse. 



trouble with the hind feet, that it is scarcely necessary to give any 

 directions as to their, management. The horn is thickest at the 

 quarters, and the principal nailing should be done there. Some- 



