. Elements of hippology. Horses. ELEMENTS OF HIPPOLOGY. 151 most carefully for the shoe by levelling it off so that it is a per- fect plane and at right angles to the axis of the foot. In lower- ing the wall the following rule should be strictly ad- hered to: The wall to be lowered to the level of the sole with the pincers, never with a knife. A line can be followed better and easier with cut- ting pincers than with a knife. More than that, the proper use of the pincers insures that the wall will be brought down evenly to the sole all around. In the mechanical part of the shoeing it is of the
. Elements of hippology. Horses. ELEMENTS OF HIPPOLOGY. 151 most carefully for the shoe by levelling it off so that it is a per- fect plane and at right angles to the axis of the foot. In lower- ing the wall the following rule should be strictly ad- hered to: The wall to be lowered to the level of the sole with the pincers, never with a knife. A line can be followed better and easier with cut- ting pincers than with a knife. More than that, the proper use of the pincers insures that the wall will be brought down evenly to the sole all around. In the mechanical part of the shoeing it is of the high- est degree important that the shoe be put on so that the foot will rest squarely on the ground, and also that the normal height at heel and toe be maintained. The blacksmith, after he has levelled the foot to the sole all around, should put the foot on the floor and verify its bearing before going further. He should also carefully observe any unusual thing in the conformation of the foot. Rasp the wall down level with the sole. This is to remove the irregularities left by the pincers, and insure for the sole a bearing surface on both sole and wall. When the surface has been made level, blunt the sharp outer edge of the crust with the rasp. It has been advocated that the elasticity of the horse's foot. Figure 99.—Clenches 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 Marshall, F. C. (Francis Cutler), 1867-; United States Military Academy. Dept. of Tactics. Kansas City : Hudson press
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