The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-06-16

DISCUSSIONS
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The line of the inside, midway. The horse
will almost at once bring limbs i'm vertical
position, ]. G. vertical with line drawn from
point of shoulder down And the bones VIII
be perfect column. The horse will travel
square semi circular movement of leg and
foot, and rotating Of hoof will cease, and in
will not strike.
IL is common in some localities to see awk-
ward colts, viz: cow-hocked, toes turned out
of both front and hind limbs. The owner
usually finds it necessary to use boots ON his
horse. In a case Of this kind, where the
animal straddles wide the toes turn decidedly
out modification Of the above shoe Will
cause the animal to go square almost at once.
IL consists of first making foot perfectly
level then apply q shoe which is provided
with "a calk to its inside calk TO he two in
chcs long. Instead Of allowing calk to be OF
@ uniform thickness it is made into an in
Clined plane, starting square and fully a half
inch thick in front and gradually decreasing .
from before TO behind where it ends as q
minimum with the shoe horse perfectly |
balanced to-day may lose that nicely. OF
equilibrium by tomorrow, If being re-shod
q perfectly level bearing is not looked TO. /
A surplus growth at the inside or at the out |
side or at the toe on at the heels willf cause /
the horse to point and always TO the most |
elevated place as he will also point toward |
the highest part of an uneven shoe, though |
the hoof be level perfectly sound horse
can be made TO stand in any manner OF
strange positions at the will of the man who /
docs the shOeing. By putting ON shoe |
elevated to the inside, will, if calk IN high
enough, cause the animal to cross his leg, ]
which goes to prove how easily a horse s
balance can be affected The various dircc-
tions q horse will point, being too high at
parts, are too numerous to mention. When
% horse points, it is to get relief for an un-
balanced tired phalanE which would natur'
ally cause pain if the horse would stand to
the vertical line Thus the trouble continues,
the horse not always being able to take care
of the structure Of his foot and especially
when travelling, he becomes painfully lame
and zoos from bad to worse and the much
reiterated mo foot no horse" becomes fact
with most owners of such unfortunate ami
mails WhvY Because the owner after spend
inc considerable money for shoeing and as
much more for medical treatment. is so dis
gusted that the horse is sold for mere song
/ to a carter A good horse is thus sold, and
/ isolatated from bis proper sphere for the want
of proper treatment. An unbalanced third
phaanx, and to be able to know the position
Of that bone i'm the hony-box, from the man
] ner i'm which tbe horse stands is the secret
/ to know. TO be able to correct all faults and
/ i'm correcting any trouble a perfectly level
hoof is essential but if the third phalanx is
unbalanced in n level hoof you have an alb
uormaIitv to deal with or one that has un-
/ dergone pathological changes as above de-
gcribed I'm such cases an instance Of treat
J. Ultnt has been mentioned. An interesting
way to make oneself understand the causes
or different lamenesses and pointing from
an unbalanced third nbalauy. ia to procure
the tbird nboIoyv have a stick eighteen in
rhes lone. fastened to its pvramidal eminence
attach string at upper end Of stick, put a
weight ON lower end of string. place the
: third pbalanx on a level. and the stick will
stand vertical. then by raising the third
r nbalanx at giyen points sipgly by means of
n ruler. one can readily perceive the different
; troubles that such a condition would cause in
. fine living horse. and why the animal would
poiut
thorough practical knowledge Of the
theory laid down in this paper will make a
man So cOmDetent that he will not get a case
, of Interfering which he cannot correct and
, that too, at the first dicta.iou at shoeing.
Shoes Various sorts are used, the ball,
bearing which is an iron plate the lower por-
tion convex, representing the part of a
, sphere. II this shoe is used on a painfully
] lame horse remarkable improvement will
be noticed, when the horse is led away from
the shop.
, Another shoe which allows the horse to
seek the most comfortable position, whether
standing or travelling is the centre-bar shoe,
made by having bar run from the toe, and
resting behind on a bar crossing at the heels.
The centre-bar is to be a decided rocker from
before to behind
A centre- hearing shoe acts exactly like the
ball-bearing, it is a cross at centre Of shoe
and calk placed exactly in centre of bar,
which acts as a pivot. A hind shoe with a
wide web ON the inside will spread the gait of
the animal considerably, but care must be
taken not TO have the Shoe thicker at any
pIace To prevent horse from foregoing
aIIoyv "a Ion6 foe Tn Kind boof and there
l. odvontoga in aIIovviuU foe of shoe In
a,+a,,5 be,-Gnd FOO nf boof half an inch. the
front boof sbouId he perfectIv level and as
sbnrt at foe ms allowable the shoe should
Lo1,o n decided roll from two inches hack of
and ~, tho too I have freouentIv observed
farmers i'm treating forgeing allow the wall
Iof hind hoof to extend bevond the toe of
shoe aivipo as an eycuse for doing so that If
the horse would strike he would hit with toe
of boof and not with the shoe and thus dc
a.. do,,one. h0t of co,,rse the latter metbod
,ca,,IJ ,of by a,,v means renlove tbc cause
Ir cortractod heels tbe Loof gets smaller
4ha frn,, Loco,nes otronhied. an Increased
,,,,a,if o,'U ~ tbo soie and tba ,yaiI az t6,
. C,,,a,tars aud beels annroach aud may he
do,,e almost vertical the outer surface o
no ,yoii je ,,snoIIv drv and the boof is predis
naea5 In rack contracted heels caused by
n TOO tigbt fitting shoe at heels. and nail
d,i,'o,, too far barR which preyents tie hoo
, fra,,, its normal exnansion when the weigh
~ Lody is riaced unon if nv allowing shoe
~ ror,9in pn foo lone the hoof GETS an alb
,,iaj ie,,s,tl, and groyys away, from its vas
> rniar suppIy which causes il to dry out. rasp
I ing the walls as practced by farriers, allow
o ey59noration 5 ,n and diminishes its elasticity
u cotting the bars or opening the heels, as it j
O causes of contraction.
4, Treotment-Pare and rasp hoof till tn
vybite line is plainly and evenly seen am
y then the hoof will be at a proper length
IT turning horse i'm field or wearing tips if kep
1t at work are two remedies, but not alway