The in-depth shoeing advice presented over 100 years ago in this 304-page book will help you place many of today's shoeing challenges in proper perspective. First published in 1894, David Roberge's book, The Foot of The Horse, outlines numerous rules for shoers based on 45 years of working with unique footcare systems. Besides offering detailed advice in 18 general areas of shoeing, this valuable reference zeros in with detailed explanations on 424 specific items that still relate to your everyday shoeing concerns. Rely on these shoeing tips and techniques as valuable background material when analyzing ideas used successfully in effectively balancing and shoeing both sound and lame horses.
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REGARDING the introduction of a new theory concerning the foot of the horse, I presume the person claiming its paternal relationship will be expected to make some introductory remarks appropriate to the occasion. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
perforans tendon, oblique pastern, adverse leverage, coronary bone, undue height, pedal joint, pedal articulation, pedal bone, prying end, rocker shoe, unbalanced foot, navicular disease, lower pastern, bearing shoe, undue elevation, back tendons, high toe, pastern joint, inside toe, seedy toe, common shoe, inside heel, check ligament, split hoof, lateral balance Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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REGARDING the introduction of a new theory concerning the foot of the horse, I presume the person claiming its paternal relationship will be expected to make some introductory remarks appropriate to the occasion. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
perforans tendon, oblique pastern, adverse leverage, coronary bone, undue height, pedal joint, pedal articulation, pedal bone, prying end, rocker shoe, unbalanced foot, navicular disease, lower pastern, bearing shoe, undue elevation, back tendons, high toe, pastern joint, inside toe, seedy toe, common shoe, inside heel, check ligament, split hoof, lateral balance Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Professor Williams, Robert Bonner, Professor Gamgee, New York, Professor Liantard New!
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- The Art of Shoeing and Balancing the Trotter by Charles Arthur McLellan in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Artistic Horseshoeing (The Farrier classics) by George E. Rich in Back Matter
- The Art of Shoeing and Balancing the Trotter by Charles Arthur McLellan on page 16
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