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VII. — rrom the shoes projecting too far beyond the heels. 

 VIII. — Prom the shoes being too heavy. 



These are the principal of the direct causes which operate 

 so injuriously to the fore feet. If gentlemen, owning horses, 

 intend to use them with satisfaction to themselves, and comfort 

 to their animals, it is incumbent upon them to learn what 

 pertains to their welfare in shoeing, otherwise they will be 

 victimised, and their horses subjected to treatment of a detri- 

 mental nature. It may be reasonably supposed, that the care 

 and attention of a master wiU always be more efficient in the 

 maintenance of order and regularity within the stable, than 

 the inspection simply of a dependent. Owners of horses 

 should be able to recognise when the animals comprising their 

 stud are properly or improperly treated. Entrusting them 

 entirely to the management of servants not under vigilant 

 supervision, frequently results in gross neglect, the infliction 

 of unnecessary pain to the objects of their charge, waste of 

 food, and of the materials required in the stable, and probably 

 direct pOlage of the property of the owner. 



As the methods necessary to be adopted for the efficient 

 shoeing of the fore feet are different in many respects from 

 those required for the hind feet, I shaU. treat upon the two 

 separately. 



Paeing and Easpino- the Poee Peet.- — One of the most 

 prolific causes of lameness of the fore feet arises from the too 

 frequent and excessive use of the drawing knife and the rasp. 

 The evils resulting from over paring and over rasping are 

 incalculable. It is impossible to condemn too strongly the 

 practices refered to if carried to an undue extent. To what 



