Practical horseshoeing . now concave, flat, and what is now the flat slipperyground-surface, concave. The effect is almost magical inthe security it gives the animal during progression, andis best exemplified in the case of the hunter, which isusually shod with shoes of this description. Here, again,we are only imitating Nature by copying the concavityof the sole. There can be no doubt whatever as to theadvantages to be gained by using such shoes. The sole THE SHOE. 6? is pretty well supported, as well as the whole of the wall,by the wider surface of metal above, while the narrowsurface toward
Practical horseshoeing . now concave, flat, and what is now the flat slipperyground-surface, concave. The effect is almost magical inthe security it gives the animal during progression, andis best exemplified in the case of the hunter, which isusually shod with shoes of this description. Here, again,we are only imitating Nature by copying the concavityof the sole. There can be no doubt whatever as to theadvantages to be gained by using such shoes. The sole THE SHOE. 6? is pretty well supported, as well as the whole of the wall,by the wider surface of metal above, while the narrowsurface toward the ground affords security of tread. For general purposes this is an excellent form of shoe,but to make it still more efficient I devised a modificationof it some years ago, which is an exact reproduction iniron of the ground-surface of this part of the hoof; it hasbeen employed on the road and in the field with mostsatisfactory results both on the fore and hind feet. In this shoe (Fig. 13), instead of the bevel on the. Fig. 13. ground - surface gradually become shallower as it ap-proaches the heels, as in the ordinary hunting-shoe, it be-comes deeper, until, within an inch or two of the ex-tremity of the branch, it has cut down through the thick-ness of the inner border; it then abruptly ceases, leavinga sharp catch on each side that, like the inflexion of thewall at this part (Fig. 5, d d), affords an excellent grip,which moreover lasts until the shoe is quite worn a modification of this kind, three important objectsare secured: 1. The plane upper surface, resting flat andsolidly on the crust and unpared sole, leaves no space inwhich foreign bodies—as clay, stones, or gravel—maylodge, and in heavy ground suction is lessened. 2. Themetal is only removed from the parts where it can be bestspared, and where there is least wear; consequently the 68 PRACTICAL HORSESHOEING. shoe is liglitened without being weakened. 3. The levelborder and extremities of the branches
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