. The art of taming and educating the horse .. . ecome so weak thatit could scarcely be made toFig. 538.—The shoe as it appeared when on, support his weight in trav-with the onter quarter opened out. ^^.^^^ ^^ -^ ^.^^ ^^^.^^^ ^ treat this at the same time. The division between the bar and frogof this side was well thinned out to make the quarter flexible. 698 SilOi]lNG. Next, a thin shoe of untempered steel, a Httle more than aneighth of an inch thick, was made to fit accurately to the wall(as shown by Fig. 537), the end being turned up for a clip, andfitted nicely to its place. The part of th
. The art of taming and educating the horse .. . ecome so weak thatit could scarcely be made toFig. 538.—The shoe as it appeared when on, support his weight in trav-with the onter quarter opened out. ^^.^^^ ^^ -^ ^.^^ ^^^.^^^ ^ treat this at the same time. The division between the bar and frogof this side was well thinned out to make the quarter flexible. 698 SilOi]lNG. Next, a thin shoe of untempered steel, a Httle more than aneighth of an inch thick, was made to fit accurately to the wall(as shown by Fig. 537), the end being turned up for a clip, andfitted nicely to its place. The part of the opposite heel of the shoecoming over the corn, was entirely cut away, leaving simply suf-ficient to cover the wall, which at this point was very thin. Theshoe was now fastened on sufficiently to hold it firmly in place,but with very small nails. There was no rasping or attempt tobeautify the foot in any way. This is never in any case permit-ted by the writer in shoeing his horses. Figs. 536 and 538 give a very good idea of the appearance of.
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