The horse, its treatment in health and disease with a complete guide to breeding, training and management (1906) (14759998036)
Резюме
Identifier: horseitstreatm09axej (find matches)
Title: The horse, its treatment in health and disease with a complete guide to breeding, training and management
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Axe, J. Wortley
Subjects: Horses
Publisher: London, Gresham Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: NCSU Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: NCSU Libraries
Text Appearing Before Image:
'
Text Appearing After Image:
Fig. 649. —Sand Crack, showing Metliod of Paring tlie Cnista, Bearing relieved at wrong place by springing the heel. b. Horn removed to prevent pres.sure be kept low and no calkins used, as the higher the heel is raised the morepressure is thrown upon the front portion of the foot. When a crackexists at the quarters the wall just under the crack must be removed frombearing, but it is of the greatest importance that the heel of the shoeshould have close contact with its horn behind the crack. Cutting or Interfering are the terms api^lied to the actof striking the fetlock of one limb with theshoe of the opposite limb. Every horse-ownerimagines such an accident to be the fault ofthe farrier, and every farrier fancies he hasa system of preventing or curing such injury.I must, of course, allow that the shoe inflictsthe blow, but I am quite convinced it is apassive agent, and that in 95 per cent ofcases no fault of the .shoe, either in form orfit, can be shown to have occasioned theinjury