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HORSESHOEING. 



A horse in such a condition can be used, but the gait will be 

 short and stiff. The hoofs are shuffled forward and set heels 

 first to the ground, a manner of travelling that rapidly wears 

 away the branches of the shoe. 



In dressing a foundered hoof the outer circumference of the 

 sole is the guide. The thick projecting wall at the toe may be 

 removed with the rasp without injuring the foot. The sole 



Fig. 127. 



A well-covered (wide-webbed) bar-shoe, with two 

 lateral toe-clips and an end-clip, for a foundered 

 foot. 



A piece of wall from the toe, show- 

 ing a keraphyllocele (hom-leaf 

 tumor) : a, coronary border ; 6, plan- 

 tar border; c, cone-shaped horny 

 tumor with a cavity (d) in which 

 pus had collected. 



should be spared, but the quarters should be lowered to improve 

 the setting of the foot to the ground. 



The choice of the shoe will depend upon the shape and nature 

 of the sole. If this is still concave, an ordinary shoe may be 

 used. If, however, the sole is flat or dropped, it must be pro- 

 tected by an open shoe with a broad web, or with a bar-shoe 

 (Fig. 127), which is of especial value when the bearing-edge of 

 the wall is weak or broken away. 



