Hints to horse-keepers : a complete manual for horsemen; embracing chapters on mules and ponies by Herbert Henry William 1807-1858

Author:Herbert, Henry William, 1807-1858
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Horses
Publisher: New York : O. Judd Co.
Published: 1887-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

which, if pre perl J made, will rest always upon them and will be in no danger of pressing upon the sole at the " corn place." If the case is a bad one, and if the frog is sufficiently sound to withstand the pressure, a bar-shoe may be used, which is chambered over the affected point, and so formed as to rest upon the frog. This treatment, however, should not be constant, as the frog would not long bear the pressure, and as the heel being relieved from pressure might become softened, and thus induce permanent lameness. There are few cases in which a bar-shoe, thus formed, can be used for more than two successive shoeings.

If a horse, whose feet are already sound, be shod according to the directions given in the chapter on that subject, there need be no fear of his having corns, if proper care be taken to prevent an accumulation of gravel under the shoe.

Cutting, or interfeking, is the striking of the fetlock joint with the opposite foot, or its shoe. It arises sometimes from a defective formation of the legs, but generally from improper shoeing. On this subject Youatt says;

Many expedients used to be tried to remove this; the inside lieel has been raised and lowered, and the outside raised and lowered; and sometimes one operation has succeeded, and sometimes the contrary; and there was no point BO involved in obscurity, or so destitute of principles to guide the practitioner. The most successful remedy, and that which in the great majority of cases supersedes all others, is Mr. Turner's shoe, of equal thickness from heel 10 toe, and having but one nail on the inside of the shoe, ar.d that near the toe; care being taken that the shoe shall not extend beyond the edge of the crust, and that the crust fib all be rasped a little at the quarters.

When the leg is at all swollen from the cutting, it should be protected by a boot, which should in all cases remain on tmtil the cure is complete, as if the swelling remained it

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