Identifier: veterinarynotesf00haye (find matches)
Title: Veterinary notes for horse owners : a manual of horse medicine and surgery
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Hayes, M. Horace (Matthew Horace), 1842-1904
Subjects: Horses Horses -- Diseases Horses -- Diseases
Publisher: London, England : Hurst and Blackett, Ltd.
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University

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ich were particularly well developed at the quarters(p. 276). 6th. When the heels of the hoof are unnaturally low, thick-heeled shoes may be employed. 7th. Care should be taken to make the heels of the shoes, ontheir foot-surface, perfectly flat; so that the heels of the hoofsmay have no tendency to contract, on account of resting onsurfaces which slope inwards. 8th. The shoes should be made to project slightly beyond theends of the heels (without any risk being run of a fore shoegetting caught by a hind shoe), so that the heels of the shoemay rest on the solid pieces of horn that are found immediatelybehind the angle formed by the wall and bar. If the heels of THE SHOE. 731 the shoe terminate slightly in front of these surfaces, they willsoon become imbedded in the softer horn in front, and it will beimj^ossible to keep the hoof at its proper slope, without usingthick-heeled shoes. We may, however, get over this difficulty byusing tips, which will leave the heels of the foot entirely
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Fig. 192.—Excavation at the toe of the pedal bone as a result of disease. uncovered. These tips should be flat on both sides, comparativelythin, and broad at the toes, so as to make up in strength for theirreduced thickness. 9th. The ground-surface of the inner edge of the shoe shouldbe bevelled (Fig. 187), in order to increase the foot-hold of thehorse, to lessen the weight of metal employed, and to obviate therisk of picking up stones. 732 SHOEING. 10th. In order to conform to th© shape of an unshod foot whichis in wear, the ideal horse-shoe should have, as in Fig. 71 (p. 213),a turned-up toe ( roll-toe or stumble-toe). This arrange-ment, which is similar to that of the toe of a shoe which hasbeen in wear for a considerable time, places the muscles whichbend the foot (flexor pedis perforans and perforatus) and theirtendons at a mechanical advantage, by reducing the distancebetween the fulcrum (F) and power (P) of the foot4ever (Fig.180). It is almost needless to say that a shoe o

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