Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-03-27
ABOUT HoRsesHoElNo.
A Veteran niacksmith Says Had Shooting
Causes Sayicuiar Diseases.

veteran blacksmith says nnd Shoclng
Causes sa,icuiar Diseases.
Twas In the war nearly three years,
shod and handled great many horses
and mules, have seen horses shamcfully
abused. and can truthfully say don't
think that once In a hundred times II
wns the fault Of the horse. | have shod
some Of tho worst horses to shoe, never
turned any away on that account, and,
although in my Goth year and u cripple,
| can yet shoe the worst horse without
injuring or beating him.
To. illustrate. An old German camo
TO my place, quito n distance, TO set u
"bad ono shod and told mo he had
heard shod bad horses and did not
gbuso them. replied that abuse did not
do tho shooting. i shod the horse; he did
not mako mismovc. and the owner
seemed to think that had used somo
sort Of magic ('words,' us no expressed
it) to mako tho animal stand quiet.
told him there was rs much nrt in
holding tho foot 10 that II was easy FOR
the horse, TO avoid holding the foot 30 it
would cramp him, and 10 DO careful not
TO excite him in any way. as there was
In shoeing tho foot In proper manner,
and it could only DO learned by expert
eicc.
When tho young colt first stands alone
II stands ON tho frogs Of his feet. as they
nro large, prominent like jelly. They
gradually dry and harden and press the
quarters apart (Which are close together
ut birth--thoroughly contracted, as we
call IL in the adult horso) To keep tho
hoof healthy tho frog must have natural
pressure. and tho whole hoof should be
wet ut least twice day, for horse at
pasture or running wild would naturally
get his foot wet every time no went 10
get drink in tho stream.
Don't put anything on your horses
feet but cold water with little bran OF
salt in Il. II ho is sick, keep his feet
damp with warm, wet cloths Don't
put corks or calks on his shoes TO keoI
his frog from touching tho ground.
never saw horse lame from pressure
unless tho frog had been ruined by bad
shooting. have seen horses stand will
weight on tho frog, and tho quarter
would spread one-fourth of an inch
without flinohing.
never saw horse that had nevo
been shod have navicular disease, unles
IL had been kept tied up in stable an,
it's feet kept dry. Don't have him sho,
unless ho needs III; don't have the callS
on his front shoes moro than half an incl
high, and have them thin, so thoy will
cut In and let tho frog have pressure
hayo tho web of tho shoe narrow, so tina
tho sole viii get pressure TO keep
tough and healthy; nail the shoe on nea
tho Zoe, 40 that the foot can have the mai
ural spring without his sensitive foo
pressing sidowiso against the nails.
never snw fiat footed horses have nj
vicular disease, and they get the MOS
frog pressure. II Is tho strong hobblet
high hcelod horse that Is suro TO got It
not handled carefully. Drive tho nnil
az low and Ms far from the quick as POI
siblo to keep tho shoe on as long Ms
should stay on. Tho higher you driN
tho nail and tho closor you drive il
; tho quick tho moro damage TO tho hoof
Tho horn ia heaviest or thickcst at u
, too and gets thinner toward the heel {
/ quarters and Is often quite thin ON q
4 inside Of the foot within an inch Of q
. heel, where II gets thicker mud Is qui
. as thick as II is ut the toe, whore 1t turI
. front along the frog and gets 30 thin
I tho point of tho frog that 1t IS scarce
noticed, and many men think there Is l
: horn arouzd the point Of tho frog.
: George Bates in New York Tribune.