Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-05

An Interesting and Instructive Display nj
the Worlds Fair.


From the Rider and Driver.
Probably the most interesting exhibit in
the government building at the worlds CO.
lumbia exposition-or. indeed, for that mat
ter. in the whole exposition at present-for
horsemen, is that presided oyer by John
kiernan. chief farrfer and instructor in
horseshoeing. L. s. army, Jefferson bar
racks This Is q complete exhipit-scientff1c,
technical and practical-of the system of
horseshoetng Endorsed by the United States
government. On that account II has at
tracted marked attention from foreigners,
especially from the British commissioners
and the correspondent OF the London Field.
But whatever credit the government may
claim for this practical demonstration un-
doubtedly belongs to Mr. Herman
MIR. Herman was the first, west of the
Mississippi. to exhibit the anatomy OF the
horse. He was the first In America to ar
ticulate the skeleton OF a mule-which SUBJ
1ect is included in the government exhibit
There Is no other such subject in ex-
tstence anywhere. Mr.. Kieman has nine
diplomas, two of which alone are exhib-
ited,those of St Louis and Pennsylvania.
ant work on farriery. entitled Hints on
Horseshoetng" tcopyrighted). for the pub
!ication of which arrangements. IL may be
The contents of this exhibit are, as in
dicated. most varied. Besides the skeletons
alluded 10 tnere is complete demon stra-
ton OF every portion of the anatomy of
the horse OF interest TO farriers-especially,
Of course. of the hoof and foot. The col
lection is. indeed, particularly rich. The
exhibit Is designed, next to the exhibition
or the normal and abnormal anatomy, to
teach the right and proper methods of shoe
ing. and also. more particularly, TO point
out for avoidance the wrong methods and
the Ills arising therefrom.
The reason why young colts break
down on the trotttng or racing track may
be here learned. The colts legs are there
to show that the bones entering into the
formation of each joint have what are call
which may be illustrated best by recalling
the white. gristly appearance on the ends
OF chickens bones These epipheses are
easily separable from the bones TO which
they are attached. Each has center of
Justification; they ossify, become bone from
these centers and eventually become in
dissolubly attached by complete ossifca-
ton to the main bones. This. when IL &C.
ours. is the period Of adolescence. The
epipheses are now called apopnyses In
the horse the epipheses do not become apo
physes till four years old-that is, the colt
Is not mature tn that time: hence at once
Is seen the danger Of exerting colts when
too young. The joints are green" tender
and liable TO all the joint ills horsef,esh Is
heir. When any of these occur the colt
breaks down" and the horseman won
The United States army farrier uses moth
ing but the rasp; the knife is excluded ex-
cept Tor surgical purposes. A complete far
riers XII Is shown, everything is sdjusta-
bic, and what is used when out with the
cavalry In the field. The Burden shoe is
the best II has been demonstrated. for
cavalry or artillery horses The frog is
never touched and hot fitting is not toler-
ated.