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| CHAPTER IX. | |
| Description of Frog and Sole, by Douglas—Russell on Hot Fitting, and 'Clips' on Shoes—Facility of 'Backing' when a Horse stands upon his feet—Strength of the Horse's Toe—Excessive Growth of Horn on Toes of Unshod Donkeys in Ireland—All Shoeing only an Affair of Routine, and is quite unnecessary—Mayhew, 'Veterinary Surgeons cling to the Practices in which they have been educated'—Retreat of Napoleon from Moscow with Unshod Horses | 70 |
| CHAPTER X. | |
| Unshod Horses in the Indian Mutiny—Unshod Horses in the Zulu War—Farriers in the Army are Tailors, etc.—'Daily Telegraph' on Frozen Streets—Comparative Inutility of Cogs and Studs—Unshod Horses in Mexico, etc., and their remarkable Freedom from Lameness and Diseases of the Feet and Legs | 83 |
| CHAPTER XI. | |
| Brittle Hoof and the Treatment it gets—The 'Water- cure' more effective—Brittle Hoof often leads to Sandcrack, Seedy Toe, and Pumice Foot—Hard Roads are favourable to the Unshod Hoof | 91 |
| CHAPTER XII. | |
| Letter of 'Aberlorna' in 'Farm Journal'—Lieut.-Col. Burdett on Hot Shoeing, Greasing, 'Stopping' and Paring the Hoof—Cold Shoeing—North Metropolitan Tramway Horses are shod cold with the Seeley Shoe—Gradual Breaking in of Horses to go unshod—Different Characteristics of Countries where Horses are bred—Ancient Writers on bare Stone and Wood for Stalls—Osmer has known Unshod Horses go Sound in England—'Our moist Climate and hard Roads'—Mayhew and Douglas on Opposers of Progress | 100 |
