. Fig. 93.—The Bearing 'eased' by 'springing' the Heel of the Shoe. forward. For that reason a shoe with calkins or with very high heels should be removed, and a shoe with an ordinary flat web substituted. In the case of quarter-crack, where the constant move- ment of the parts under expansion and contraction of the foot makes itself most felt, it is wise to apply a shoe with clips fitting moderately tight against the inside of the bars. By this means movement will to a very large extent be curtailed. Where a marked tendency to contraction is found, as is often the case with quarter-crack, the


. Fig. 93.—The Bearing 'eased' by 'springing' the Heel of the Shoe. forward. For that reason a shoe with calkins or with very high heels should be removed, and a shoe with an ordinary flat web substituted. In the case of quarter-crack, where the constant move- ment of the parts under expansion and contraction of the foot makes itself most felt, it is wise to apply a shoe with clips fitting moderately tight against the inside of the bars. By this means movement will to a very large extent be curtailed. Where a marked tendency to contraction is found, as is often the case with quarter-crack, then the shoe with the clips may be rendered more marked in its operation by giving to the outer face of each clip—that face applied to the bar—a slope from above downwards and outwards. In other words, a slipper shoe should be applied and the


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