. Modern blacksmithing, rational horse shoeing and wagon making; with rules, tables, recipes, etc. .. . ll increase action behind, the horsebreaks over quicker, and strikes the front foot beforeit is out of the way. Set the shoe forward as far aspossible, and make long heels. The longer the shoe isbehind the longer it takes to raise the foot and breakover. Clack forging is meant by the habit of clacking thehind and fore shoes together. This kind of forging isnot serious or harmful; it will only tend to wear off thetoe of the hind foot and annoy the driver, possibly alittle fatiguing to the hor
. Modern blacksmithing, rational horse shoeing and wagon making; with rules, tables, recipes, etc. .. . ll increase action behind, the horsebreaks over quicker, and strikes the front foot beforeit is out of the way. Set the shoe forward as far aspossible, and make long heels. The longer the shoe isbehind the longer it takes to raise the foot and breakover. Clack forging is meant by the habit of clacking thehind and fore shoes together. This kind of forging isnot serious or harmful; it will only tend to wear off thetoe of the hind foot and annoy the driver, possibly alittle fatiguing to the horse. The position of the feet at the time of ..le clack isdifferent from that it is supposed to be. The toe ofthe hind feet is generally worn off, while no mark ismade on the front feet. From this you will understandthat the hind feet never touch the heel of the frontfeet, but the shoe. Just at the moment the fore footis raised up enough on the heel to give room for the 146 MODERN BLACKSMITHING hind foot to wedge in under it the hind foot comesflying under the fore foot, and the toe of the hind foot. strikes the web of the toe on the front foot. This isthe reason no mark is seen on the front foot, while thehind foot is badly worn off. INTERFERING Interfering is a bad fault in a horse. It is the effectof a variety of causes. In interfering the horse brushesthe foot ^oing forward against the other foot. Somehorses strike the knee, others above it, the shin or cor-onet, but in most cases the fetlock. Colts seldom interfere before they are shod, butthen they sometimes interfere because the shoes aretoo heavy. This trouble disappears as soon as thecolt is accustomed to carrying the shoes. Weakness is MODERN ITIIIXG 147 the most common cause. Malformation of the fetlockis another cause. The turning in or out of the toes,giving a swinging motion to the feet, is also conduciveto interfering. The first thing to do is to apply a boot to the placethat is brushed. Next, proceed to
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