Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-05-30
SHOEtNG THE MARE.
THE OWNER OF MAUD s. GIVES 4
 LESSON IN FARRIeRY.
What Is the Matter with the Famous Trotter's Feet-How the Malform- stions of the Hoof Are Cor
 rected-The Future
ICincinnati Commercial Gazette ]


 -Now. said MT. Bonner. we will be.
 gin with the maIes hind feet. You ob.
 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 arc too low Her foot in
 front is what Dr. Roberge and term the
 wheel shaped hOOf. It is too convex
 That throws the apex of the coffin bono too close to the inferior journals of the lower coronal bone. and destroys at least Onehaf of the articulation of the coffin joint The hoof must be foreshortened. and when she is shod the heels must be raised by medium heel calkin But this is not all On the oil hind foot she has been more or less lame for years That arises from an excess of growth on the in side branch of the hoOf, which must be pared down 10 a level with the outside branch
 -The abnormal shape of three of the feet of Maud . 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 concaTe. 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 high. which neceSsitates their material re- duction- This state of her feet has arisin from injudicious pairing. She was fOaled with perfect feet-now they are miSshapen from mismanagement Moreover, the articulation of the coffin joints il. 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 weights more imperitiye. Al Lex ingtOn her front shoes weighed fourteen ounces. and her tOe-weights each i've ounces. She will eventually attain her full stride without the use of toe weights. The operations performed today will not only prevent the soreness in the of hind foot. and take away the enlargement of the near fore limb but materially lengthen her stride and make her now almost per feet action. in fact, absolutely faultlesS
 Now for the proofs of the correctness of my positions When the hind toes were foreshOrtened. the impress of the en tire hind foot upon the ground was plain. BesOre. only the quarters and toes left their imprints In front Maud . has been troubled with severe cOrns The heels of the front feet bore an undue shock at every footfall, in consequence of their be- ing too high That produced the Corns and shortened her stride. Now the heels have been lowered the corns will disap- pear. and the length of her stride will Dc extended in front 10 harmonize with the change of stride behind. produced by foreshorteninS her hind toes and raising her hind heels Sy cslkins.
 But there is another far.reaching con- sequence of the undue height of the inside branch of her of hind foot to which wish to call your attention In order to relieve herself of the undue pressure of this high inside. she not only pointed the near hind foot inwardly. but she carried the entire oil hind limb rather sidewise. more perceptibly under the carcass, than she did the near hind limb. In other works. she favored the of hind limb. and did not force 1t to do as strong work as the other one The muscles of the otf | hind limb are not so fully developed as those of the near hind limb The differ l ence was more perceptible when bought | uCI Alau uO"s ONluB tO tue ucuiCdi GCat- | ment she has since received This differ ! ence will still grow perceptibly less as the hind feet are kept level In time the muscles of both hind quarters will be equally prominent. because they will both equally share the burden of propelling the carcass For these reasons. l am satisfied that the speed of Maud s has not ye, reached its limit
 But the treatment indicated must be administered Every month the rasp must be skillfully applied Then. in the spring. when Maud $ Is more cor rectly shod. she will he more balanced than she has ever been before With this treatment she was able to make as low a record as 2:9t as late as the l1th day of November In the coming season. when her feet are perfectly restored to a normal when the weather and track and everything are favorable for speed. certainly expect her to improve upon her great record