TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE. 



During the past four years in which it has been my privilege 

 to teach horseshoeing to students of veterinary medicine in the 

 University of Pennsylvania, and to classes of horseshoers under 

 the auspices of the Master Horseshoers' National Protective 

 Association of America, I have been forcibly impressed with the 

 urgent need of a text-book of horseshoeing that is adapted to 

 the needs of beginners. In my opinion, such a work must pre- 

 sent a detailed description of the anatomy and physiology of the 

 legs below the middle of the cannons, and must emphasize in 

 unmistakable terms the definite relations which exist between 

 certain well-defined forms of the hoof and certain well-defined 

 standing positions of the limb. Only on this sure foundation 

 can a thoroughly scientific system of shoeing be based. Further- 

 more, the teachings must be eminently practical, logically ar- 

 ranged, as brief as is consistent with clearness, easy of compre- 

 hension by persons who are unfamiliar with technical language, 

 profusely illustrated, and moderate in price. 



Through the kindness of my respected friend and former 

 teacher. Professor A. Lungwitz, one of the highest authorities in 

 all matters pertaining to shoeing, and now and for many years 

 past a teacher in and the Director of what I believe to be the 

 best school of shoeing in the world, I am enabled to present to 

 the public this translation of his text-book for students of shoe- 

 ing. Written to meet requirements identical with those existing 

 to-day in the United States, and in scope and arrangement 

 exactly suited to both student and teacher, I am confident that it 



will meet with the favor that it merits. 



The Translator. 

 Philadelphia, 1898. 



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