Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-04-29
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Now" said Mr.. Bonner. 1--WE viii.
begin with her hind feet. You observe
that only the imprint of her toes are
visible. The heels scarcely touch tho
ground. She is literally walking on
Ter toes. That arises from two causes.
First. the anterior part of the hoof is
too long and the heels are too low.
Her foot in front is what Dr. Roberge
and term the 'wheel-shaped hoof.' 1t
is too convex. That throws the apex
of the coffin bone too close to the infer
ior journals of the lower coronal bone,
and destroys at least one-half of the ar
ticulation of the coffin joint. The hoof
must be foreshortened, and when she is
shod the heels must be raised by me-
dium heel calkin. But this is not all.
On the off hind foot she has been more
or less lane for years. That arises
from an excess of growth on the inside
branch Of the hoof, which must be
pared down to level with the outside
branch.
1.-The abnormal shape Of three of the
feet OF Maud s. arises from the fact that
they grow more rapidly on the inside
than on the outside branches. This is
observed in both hind hoofs and the
near fore hoof. While her hind feet
are too much wheel-shaped, meaning
convex, her front feet are too much
bent, meaning concave, in the anterior
part of the wall. These malformations
directly interfere with the articulation
of the coffin bone. For instance, the
heels of the hind feet are too low, while
the toes require foreshortening, and the
heels Of the front feet are too high,
which necessitatcs their material reduc-
tion. This state of her feet has arisen
from injudicious pairing. She was foal-
ed with perfect feet-now they are mis-
shapcn from mismanagement. More
over, the articulation of the coffin joints
in all four feet is not only seriously in
jured, but, by reason Of the excessive
heels in front. her forward stride has
been materially lessened. This made
the use of toe-weights more imperative.
Al Lexington her front shoes weighed
fourteen ounces, and her toe-weights
each five ounces. She will eventually
attain her full stride without the use OF
toc-weights. The operations PERFORM
ed to-day will not only prevent the
soreness in the off hind foot, and take
away the enlargement on the near fore
limb. but materially lengthen her stride
| and make her now almost perfect ac-
| ton in fact solutely faultless.
''Now for the proofs Of the correct
toes were foreshortened, the impress OF
the entire hind foot upon the ground
was plain. Before, only tLe quarters
, and toes left their imprints. In front
| Maud 5. has been troubled with severe
corns. The heels OF the front feet bore
an undue shock at every football, in
consequence of their being too high.
That produ ed the corns and shortened
ner stride. Now the heels have been
lowered the corns will disappear. and
the length Of her stride will be extend
ell in front to harmonize with the
change Of stride behind, produced by
foreshortening her hind toes and rails
ing her hind heels by calkins. But
there is another far-reaching conse-
quence Of the undue height Of the in.
side branch of her off hind foot, to
which wish to call your attention. In
order to relieve herself OF the undue
pressure OF this high inside, she not on.
ly pointed the near hind foot inwardly,
but she carried the entire Off hind limt
rather sidewise, more perceptibly un.
der the carcass, than she did the near
hind limb. In other words. she favor.
ed the OFT hind limb, and did not force
1t TO do Is strong work as the otheI
one. The muscles Of tke OF hind lint
are not so fully developed as those o
the near hind limb. The difference wa.