Title: The horse's foot and how to shoe it : giving the most approved methods of horse-shoeing : together with the anatomy of the horse's foot and its diseases / by J.R. Cole ; with forty-two illustrations.
Abstract: Effects of, . . ..63How to Shoe for, . .63 Racing Plates, . .The Horse's Foot, mercial reasons, to look well at all times to his general health.The foot is the foundation of the horse, and, as may be said, the foundation of his health ; for " no foot, no horse," is such a veritable truism, that the most casual observer would readily conclude without any explanation, that if the foot becomes affected or dis- eased, its usefulness would become impaired and the animal rendered unlit to perform the services required of him by Nature.In fact, a horse without sound feet, is no horse at all.The foot of the horse is subject to so many dis- eases: -Founder