Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-09-30

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g. Excess Of hoof at heel, causing deformity.
3. Excess OF hoot at tNS causing deformity.
Of q runner, and it is the same, too, with
trotting gait; when the gift of speed
is present and training is we'll done and
the feet properly attended to, we can
commence quite early.
/ believe the time is coming when
the foot will be so thoroughly under
stood that we will have only one lame
horse where to-day we have ten. Mr..
Bonner's success in improving the mag
nificent speed of his animals is due to
the fact that he has been among the
first to appreciate the value of a knowl-
edge of the foot l never knew an
other man who had made SO exhaustive
study of the subject. Commodore
Vanderbilt's Mountain Boy was shod by
my method twenty-three years ago.
The Commodore had good, common,
horse-sense understanding about the
animal; but he had no science of the
feet succeeded in improving Noun
tain Boys speed, and his owner was sat-
isfied. The difference between Mr.,
Bonner and many lovers OF horses is
precisely that which distinguishes the
man who acquires his knowledge by
persistent personal investigation and
the one who buys it ready made Idon't
think the younger generation of Van.
oerollts take as keen an interest in
horse-hesh as did the old Comm odore.
recall with a good deal of interest
my acquaintance with General Grant,
and how it began about horses. 1t was
about twenty-five years ago that he
made an appointment with me at Wash
lngton. We met there three times al
together, and the General proved him
self not only lover of the horse. but
10 nave pretty good understanding of
.ne SUBJECT He brought out saddle
oay-one of his army chargers-to be
snod and treated for habit of crossing
MS mind legs while in action, and also
when standing. This was quickly re-
dressed to the great delight of the Gem
eral, who, although he owned horses all
nus life, had never supposed that the
formation OF the feet was the cause OF
standing il this manner.
When Governor Leland Stamford ~
oalltornia' was in New York, several
years ago. his famous horse Occident
was brought to me to be shod. Occi-
vents ieet were almost perfect. Even
soune Oh our grandest horses have had
imperfections in their feet at times and
IL mas only been by the prompt remedy
ing OF these that their triumphs have
been made possible.
IL were asked to furnish a nract;ca,
mint to those who own good horses as to
the best method of caring for +ho;r g..
would say; Trim them early, just a.
you would trim young tree to make "A
gro" right Cultivate the boof II Won
want 1t to be perfect Shoe than when
my are from six months to a year old.
onoe month If you work them. with
.ne assurance that you can get the
.oo. IN better shape when it rests on a
x; vsal piate as base and support than
IL some have said that the
.ee' oi very few horses are perfect. and
experience goes to show that a
us' mum Der of those encounter are
o. rect like those of Dexter and Sunol
ere rare exceptions; but there is little
he s why horse should suffer with
a.s ieee II his owner knows how to take
vi them, and does it. There are
many many differences in horses in this re
S spe The weak. spongy hoof that AT.
nloes some that are pastured on low
slouha, giving rise to curves and mall
.ua'ions, needs special attention in
ouahs norses- The hoof OF the thor
carad ,eu and' indeed, of any WE'LL
is ~ morse when trimmed properly,
ana a,a Straight lines, equally balanced
ho a "eil,proportioned. For this reason
drv ,aaa .aae are pastured on high and
Tt ssnas have more uniform feet
.Ss ESls that applies 10 tho horses