. The art of horse-shoeing : a manual for farriers. Horseshoeing. Fig. 72.—Steel Sharps and Blank, Plug shanks. tammer secures it. The difficulty is to get the hole in the shoe and the shank of the sharp of corresponding form and size. When this is done, the sharp keeps its place and is not difficult to remove. Too often, however, they are not uniform, and then the sharp falls out or sometimes cannot be removed. When the holes are drilled instead of punched, the fit is more exact, but this only applies to those with a round shank. A slight taper is given both to the hole and the shank of the '
. The art of horse-shoeing : a manual for farriers. Horseshoeing. Fig. 72.—Steel Sharps and Blank, Plug shanks. tammer secures it. The difficulty is to get the hole in the shoe and the shank of the sharp of corresponding form and size. When this is done, the sharp keeps its place and is not difficult to remove. Too often, however, they are not uniform, and then the sharp falls out or sometimes cannot be removed. When the holes are drilled instead of punched, the fit is more exact, but this only applies to those with a round shank. A slight taper is given both to the hole and the shank of the '' sharp.'' As with the screw sharps, so with these, blanks are used to keep the holes open until the road-surface requires th& Fig. 73.—Steel Traps for screwing shoes. No sharps should be left in shoes when the horses'. are stabled at night, as serious injuries to the coronet may result from a tread by the opposite foot. The coachman or horse-keeper must be supplied with 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. New York : W. R. Jenkins
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