The management and treatment of the horse in the stable, field, and ...

In the Stable, Field, and on the Road. 127
clip at the toe which is put upon the horse with
only four nails ; the loot is lowered at the bed of
the shoe and the toe shortened; the sole and frog
are never touched with the knife. The lowering of
the sole at the bed of the shoe is to bring the surface
of the shoe flush with the sole, so that the animal
has a level bearing upon the whole of its foot, and
brings it as near to its natural formation as possible.
This system of shoeing with tips has all the advantages
of the "Charlier" without its drawbacks; they can be
made and put on by any smith of ordinary skill, and
there is not the danger of drawing the shoe too close to
the sensitive lamillaB and setting up inflammation. That
horses can do ordinary work in them is certain, and horses
shod with the " Charlier" or tips are seldom known to
sprain their back sinews, and never become afflicted with
navicular disease. The horses of one of the coaches
running from the White Horse Cellar used to be shod
with tips, and many gentlemen use them exclusively for
horses for all purposes, yet in the hunting field they have
the same fault as the " Charlier"—want of grip at a bank
Of the ordinary hunting shoe I need scarcely speak, as it
is a given fact that they require to be light, made short
with the heels bevelled to prevent them being torn off
when jumping into deep land. The hind shoe of the hunter
should always be rounded at the toe both inside and
outside, to prevent the horse cutting its heels off should
he over-reach. Many horses injure themselves when
running, which is called cutting, or brushing. Many
methods are resorted to to prevent its occurrence, but in
nine cases out of ten the horse always cuts worse in new