Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-07-27
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should be carefully pared OUT. Every
horsemIn has obSsIve1 the relief watch
Is given 20 tho ANIMAL !aHne with cprns,
whcr ihIs angle is we'll GhinOed. Tins
relief, however, is often baI temporary f;
for when Ihu Socn grows again, AMI the
shoe presses upon At, The IOrIute vi the
horse Is renewed.
The degree Of PAIRING 10 which the
frog mast Oo subjected, will depend On
Us prominence, aut on the shape Of the
o The principle has already beer
stated, that II must be left SO far project
ing aud prominent, that il shall be Jus
Within uud above the lower surface o
the shoe; it will then descend with IN,
sole sufficiently 10 discharge tho func
tons hat have been attributed TO il. |
II IS ~loner,it viii be bruised and injured
IL is higher, it canno conn IN contac.
with the ground, and thus be enabled IL
dc is du'y, The ragged parts must be
removed, anj especially those occasion
~ by thrush, but the degree Of pairing
must depend entirely on the principles
just stated.
alt appears, then ,ihl; the Office Of the
smith requires some skill and judgment,
"a order u b. properly discharged; aud
the proprietor Of horses viii find il his
interest occasionally 10 visit the forge,
und complain Of the careless, or idle, or
obstinate fellow, whhe ne rewards, BY
some trIfIng gratliIy, the expert aud
dIlligcEt workman. lie should likewise
remember Thru a great deal more de-
Pends on the pairing out Of :hc foot,ihaH
on the construction Of the shoe; that
fcT shoes, except they press upon the
sole, or are made o~uIrngeuusiy bal, will
anne the horse; 6ul that he ma be very
easily lamed from ignorant or improper
pairing oui Of The foot"
The following remarks, on different
kinds ofsAoes,are entitled 10 great alten
,lon; yet how little is thought Of such
V0ings generally il this cCuhtfy:
The shoe must vary in substance
Oni weight with the kind Of ZOOS, and
the nature of the work. 4 weak foot
ehou!d never wear a heavy shoe, nor
any foot a shoe hat Will last longer
than u month. Here, perhaps, we may
be permitted 10 caution the horse-pro
prIetor against having his cattle shol
by contract, unless he binds down his
IarrIer or veterinary surgeon TO remove
the shoes one at least In every month /;
for If the contractor, by a heavy shoe,
and a little steel, can cause FIVE or six
weeks 10 intervene between the shoe.
ings, he wilt 10 50, allho Igh the feet OF
tbs horse must necessarily suffer. The
shoe should never be heavier than the
work requires, for an ounce or two IN
the weight OF the shoe will sadly tell al
the end OF n hard days work. This is
acknowledged in tho hunting shoe, which
IS narrower and lighter than that OF the
hackney, although the foot ofthe hack
ney Is smaller Than that Of the hunter.
II is more decidedly acknowledged in the
racer, who wears shoe only sufficient.
ly thick TO prevent At from bending whom
II Is used"
We are confident that the shoe des.
crlbed below rs the uhilatera! or one side
nailed shoe is an Invaluable improve.
ment Tor many purposes. We regret
that we cannon accompany the extract
with the elegant illustrative cuts that
ndorn the book. But we hope every To-
yer OF the horse will supply himself with
the work.
On the subject OF the unIlateral shoe
Mr Youatt says:
"For a material Improvement in the
art OF sloeing, We are indebted 10 MIR.
Turner of Regent street. " hat wa.
the state Of the foot Of the horse a few
years agol An unyIelding from. hoo
was attached 10 1t by four nails in e1cF
quarter, and the Consequence was, tina
an min cGscs out Of ten the foot under
went a very considerable alteration II
its form and In It's usefulness. BefOr
II had attained its full deVelopement-
before The animal was FIVE years old
there was, IN agfeai many cases, an eyi
dent contraction Of the hOof. There wa,
IN alteration in the manner Of going
the step was shortened, the sole wa.
followed, the frog was diseased the gen
eral elasticity Of the foot was DESTROYED
there was a Reorganization Of IN,
whole horny cavity, aud the valuo O
the horse was materially diminished
What was the grand cause Of thisi
was the 70 straint Of the shoe. The Ara
attach ment Off TO the foot by nails il
each quarter, AID the con ssquent strair
q which the quarters and every part O
the foot we're exposed, produced a neces
sary tendency 10 contraction, from whic.
sprang almost al tie maladies 20 which
the foot Of the horse IS subject.
trThe unllateral shoe has this grea
advantage it is identified with the gran,
principle Of tho exPansibility OF th,
horses loot,nnd Of removing or prevent
me worst ailments 10 watch The foo.