. The art of horse-shoeing. Horseshoeing; Hoofs; CHR 1905; PRO McNeil, John H. (autograph); PRO McNeil, John H. , Mrs. (donor). 88 THE ART OF HORSESHOEING. eight or ten days by some of the animals. These hard- wearers require special notice and should have special shoes made for them. Those who scrape out the toes before the rest of the shoe is much worn should be tried with a shoe turned up at the toe before increasing the weight of iron. Those horses that wear the shoe level are difficult to deal with, and usually can only be supplied with a durable shoe by increasing the weight of iron or b
. The art of horse-shoeing. Horseshoeing; Hoofs; CHR 1905; PRO McNeil, John H. (autograph); PRO McNeil, John H. , Mrs. (donor). 88 THE ART OF HORSESHOEING. eight or ten days by some of the animals. These hard- wearers require special notice and should have special shoes made for them. Those who scrape out the toes before the rest of the shoe is much worn should be tried with a shoe turned up at the toe before increasing the weight of iron. Those horses that wear the shoe level are difficult to deal with, and usually can only be supplied with a durable shoe by increasing the weight of iron or by the use of steel. When this class of shoe is fullered the toe should be left solid. Hind shoes, with calkins, may be stamped. As all omnibuses have good foot brakes there is no necessity to draw calkins on the hind shoes. Shoes last longer without calkins, horses are less liable to " cut " their legs, and the level shoe gives greatly increased duration in those cases where the toe is specially worn. An extra strong Eodway shoe—unseated on the foot- surface and rolled out of mild steel—would make a most useful and durable shoe for omnibus or light van work. Heavy Draught Horses. The heavy horse has not. Fig. 66.—Heavy Horse—Fore Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hunting, William, 1846-1913; Fairman Rogers Collection (University of Pennsylvania) PU. London : H. & W. Brown
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