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Show Manicuring a Horse. A horse's hoof Is really the same thing as the toe or finger nails of human hu-man beings, or of animals having toes. The hoof grows just as a toe nail does and more rapidly on unshod horses than on those wearing shoes. Its growth is much 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 hoof being the longest part, it takes longer for it to grown down there than at the heel. The new hoof grows out any cracka or defects in the whole, grandually working down to where it can be cut off, just as with human finger nails. |