Show manicuring a horse A horse a hoot hoof Is really the same thing as the toe or finger nails ot of hu man beings or ot of animals having toes the hoot hoof grows just as a toe too nail does and more rapidly on unshod horses than on those wearing shoes its growth Is much taster faster on horses that are well groomed and well fed upon an average of a third of an inch a month the hind hoofs grow faster than the fore hoofs the toe of the boot hoof being the longest part it takes longer tor for it to grown down there than at ut the heel the new hoot hoof grows out eny any cracks or detects defects in the whole gran dually working down to where it can be cut off just as with human finger nails |