. Elements of hippology ... Horses. 146 ELEMENTS OF HIPPOLOGY. away from the shoe. It is a bad practice that is resorted to only by lazy horseshoers. It should not be tolerated. Figure 95 shows a foot that has been prepared for its shoe in a very common way, but in a way that violates the last three principles. The sole has been pared out, the wall cut down too much, the frog trim- med, the bars cut away, and, to com- plete the iniquity, the seat for the new shoe has been burned out. All of these abuses are easy of detection, except the last, by a very casual inspection of the shod horse. All
. Elements of hippology ... Horses. 146 ELEMENTS OF HIPPOLOGY. away from the shoe. It is a bad practice that is resorted to only by lazy horseshoers. It should not be tolerated. Figure 95 shows a foot that has been prepared for its shoe in a very common way, but in a way that violates the last three principles. The sole has been pared out, the wall cut down too much, the frog trim- med, the bars cut away, and, to com- plete the iniquity, the seat for the new shoe has been burned out. All of these abuses are easy of detection, except the last, by a very casual inspection of the shod horse. All shoes should be flat to the sole, not seated in. Make the shoe to fit the foot, neither longer nor smaller nor wider than the wall, except at the heels, where it may be not to exceed one-eighth of an inch wider than the crust. This last provision is to cause the shoe to keep its bearing as the growth of the wall brings it forward. Five nails are sufficient, three on the outside and two on the Figure 95. Sole pared out, bars cut away, seat for shoe burned in with a hot 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, Francis Cutler. [from old catalog]; United States. Military academy, West Point. Dept. of tactics. [from old catalog]. Kansas City : Hudson press
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