Practical horseshoeing . between the latter and the soft horn at the marginof the pedal bone. In strong hoofs, the shoe is almost entirely Jburied inthe groove; but in those which have the soles flat or con-vex, with low heels, it is not safe to imbed it so deeply. The application of the hot shoe in fitting should not ex-tend beyond a very few seconds. The shoe is nailed to the hoof in the ordinary manner(Fig. 22). For saddle and light carriage horses, I haveusually found four nails—two on each side—for each shoesuflicient. These should be placed wide apart at the toeand rather close to the he
Practical horseshoeing . between the latter and the soft horn at the marginof the pedal bone. In strong hoofs, the shoe is almost entirely Jburied inthe groove; but in those which have the soles flat or con-vex, with low heels, it is not safe to imbed it so deeply. The application of the hot shoe in fitting should not ex-tend beyond a very few seconds. The shoe is nailed to the hoof in the ordinary manner(Fig. 22). For saddle and light carriage horses, I haveusually found four nails—two on each side—for each shoesuflicient. These should be placed wide apart at the toeand rather close to the heel (Fig. 23, or, b). Every nailmust be driven in sound horn, otherwise the shoe, beingso narrow, may get the branch bent out, and nothing moreis needed than to lay the clenches down evenly on thewall. No rasping is required. When the shoe is attachedto the foot, we then perceive that a portion of the sole and 94 PRACTICAL HORSESHOEING. bars, and the whole of the frog, meet the ground as in theunshod state (Fig. 23).. The great advantages of this method of shoeing con-sist in its simplicity, when farriers have been made to un-derstand it; its placing the hoof in a natural condition, sofar as its ground-face is concerned ; the small number and
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