The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-07-06
SHOEING THE MARE.
THE OWNER OF MAUD S. GIVES A
LESSON IN FARRIERY.
What Is the Matter with the Famous
Trotter's Feet-How the MaIfOrm-
aYEns of the HoOf Are Cor
rected-The Future.
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.l

Now. said Mr. Bonner, I'VE will be-
gin with the mares bind feet. You OBJ
serve that only the imprint of her toes is
visible. The heels scarcely touch the
ground She is literally walking on her
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
4 Wheel.shaped hOof' 1t is too convex.
i That throws the apex of the coffin bone
4 too close to the inferior journals of the
lower coronal bone, and destroys at least
one-half Of the articulation of the coffin
iOnt The hoOf must be fOreshOrtened,
and when she is shod the heels must be
raised by a medium heel calkin. But this
is not ALL On the off hind foot she has
been more or leSS-lame for years That
arises from an excess of growth on the in
side branch of th2 hoof, which must be
pared down to level with the outside
branch
The abnormal shape of three of the
tset of Maud 5 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 NAL
formations directly interfere with the ar
ticulatiOn of the coffin bone. For in
stance. the heels Of the hind feet are too
low, while the toes require foreshortening,
and the heels of the front feet are too
nigh, which necessitates their material re-
duction This state Of her feet has
arSin from injudicious pairing She
was foaed with perfect feet-nOw they
mis- Shn
Moreover, the articulation of the coffin
joints in all four feet is not only seriously
injured, but, by reason of the excessive
heels in front, her forward stride has been
materially lesSened. This made the use
OF toe'welghtS more imperitive. At Lex
lngton her front shoes weighed fourteen
ounces and her toe-weights each five
ounces She will eventually attain her
ilL stride without the use of toe weights.
Ile operations performed to day will not
only prevent the soreness in the off hind
!oot and take away the enlargement of
tne near fore limb. but materially lengthen
aeF stride and make her nov almost per-
iect action, in fact, absolutely faultlesa
Now Tor the proofs of the correctness
OF my positions. When the hind toes
were foreshortened. the impress of the en-,
6 po hlnd foot upon the ground was plain.
beiOTe, only the quarters and toes left
.nelT Imprints. In front Maud has been
" with severe corns. The heels of
Tue front feet bore an undue shock at
every football, in consequence of their be.
lug 100 high. That produced the Corns
ana shortened her stride. Now the heels
uAVe Deen lowered the corns will disap.
peal ana the length of her stride will be
o4AVenued IN front to harmonic with the
ttnange OF stride behind, produced by
ttOitSnOrtenlng her hind toes and raisino
Aer hlnd heels by calkins.
Gut nu' 'here is another fSr-reaching con-
sequence of the undue height of theInside
Ian Uiahch OF her off hind foot. to which I
. uisn 10 call your attention In order to
t6i" Nc herself of the undue pressure of |
n nos I'gh inside, she not only pointed the
IN" tho, III. nilu loot lnwardly, but she carried
me- euDlre on hind liRb rather sidewise.
She Ak eICeptloly under the carcass, than |
NJ Ilu the near hind limb In other
S %GFAs she favored the off hind limb and
t T,a mol force it to do as strong work as
b fGe 9Iner one. The muscles of the off |
tho. i nt are not so fully developed as
ems oS s- VI The near hind limb. The differ
her IVA was more perceptible when bought
mo- Ian now, owing to the medical treat
enc sue mas since received This differ
&c .L WI still grow perceptibly less
the r,,l nl1u 1eet are kept level. In time |
eons1 niuScles OF both hind quarters viii be |
e6nsiiyy prominent, because they will both |
carcsSss snare are the burden of propelling the |
thai :. FOR these reasons, l am satisfied |
rescbs5 :. speed of Maud has not vet |
per1 9ao the treatment indicated must b.
the s' rooa administered Every month |
In tho I must be skillfully applied. Then
rectI,, spring when Maud S is more Gov.
than Chs s4 i' she will be more balanced |
treatm oe A las ever been before. With this
record 'e ~ . sne was able to make as low a
Noyemberr '9t as late as the 18th dav OF |
her feet az IN the coming season, when |
and I aS, when the weather and 800
certain rfIlrything are favorable for sneaS 7
great rcoo T1pect her to improve upon her