The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-03-24
sHoBING HORSES.

enough Horse Shoe. since thch
we have visited the fitting shop
Mt No. SIG Filbcrt street, and
have given the subject little clos
er examination, believing it to be
OF sufficient importance to com
mani general attention.
Prominent among the features
of the fitting shop, are the follow
ing rules, which are not only con.
spicuously placed, but are printed
on all the cards. We copy them !:
lst.-The frogs, bars and heels
ofthc horses hoof to be left un.
touched, and tho foot carefully
cleaned and lcvclcd with the rasp.
2d The shoes are TO DC evenly
fitted, following the edge or wall of
the hooi, leaving no pl ELECTIONS at
the heels.
3d.-No shoes to be applied hot
to the hoof.
th.-llorecs sent to this shop
will be treated with the greatest
care and kindness. No workman
allowed TO strike n horse, or enter.
tain friends during working hours.
REMARKS.
FlRsr.--Thc Frogs and Bars OF
the horscs's foot have such inpor.
tant functions to perform, that the
utmost circumspcction is necessary
On the part Of the shocr in drcs-
sing them. They should never be
touched except to remove decided.
Iy ragged parts, And yot we have.
sccn shocrs raring aud cutting
away at them, as though their ob.
icct was TO see how much could
thus he cXciscd, without causing
the horse to resist from actual
pain. Nature has placed them
there ior some purpose. they should
therefore, not he hccdlcssly tamp
cred with. The same may be said
al the nAas, which are redupli.
Satiou iuwaids at the heels, Of the
sav,st "a 1all of the foot, and are
rherciore, as necessary ms the 9th.
CT part of the crust. That the.
eating md pairing away OF the
bars, =" common n practice with
shoers,l is II principal superlnduc'
ing vkrec Of contraction Mt tho
heels, is beyond cavil or doubt
Bchg kept constantly pared away
thy must, in accordance with tho
iuwt Of nature, eventually shrink
,mby and almost cease to exist,
mph thus, fail to afford the crust
sic support which nature intended.
SEcoNp.-Thc even fitting of
tho shoe. Tho importance of this
regulation need not be enlarged
upon. A horses shoe is an arti.
fetal continuation of the hOoi, and
should therefore conform b the
shape of the foot in every particu-
lar, il il is desired t. have the
horse move freely, and have the
crust or outer wall properly pro-
tCcted.
TniRp.-Tho application of n
red hot shoe to the hoof, is II relic
of barb rism, which long since
should have been discontinued. -
The preservation of the Loot is the
great object OF tsl ocing, and to do
this cile,tuaIly, the outer wall or
crust must he kept intact. The
outer wall of horse foot is on
general average, not more than
half nm inch thick. This thin,
horny crust has to sustain the
whole wsight ofthe horse, and t'
do this, its natural toughnces mus
he preserved, Now if we wor,
seeking for an agent that woulC
most cilcctually destroy this tough
ppd induce brittlcncss, W.
N"iu aff'. 49, hoo IN IL
secnrins an even fit, 10y bunin,
away the hoof,
FouRTn.-kindness to tho hors,
while being shod, Need We On
large upon this! How many hor
ses have been permanently and Sc
riously injured by a blow from th,
hammer Of a shoer 7 The Ga,
who has not the principles of hu
manity implanted in him sufficient
ly strong to prompt him to treat
noble animal like the horse, kind
ly, has no business in shoein,
shop,-Phiia, Calturist.
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