The art of taming and educating the horse : with details of management in the subjection of over forty representative vicious horses, and the story of the author's personal experience : together with chapters on feeding, stabling, shoeing, and the practical treatment for sickness, lameness, etc: with a large number of recipes . ino- a tirm hold of tlie slioe. As th< foot grows, the shoe will be brought forward so evenly under it as not to do harm- For ordinary light shoes, I am in the habit of using from six to seven nails, evenly distributol around the fiont part (something-like Figs. 457,
The art of taming and educating the horse : with details of management in the subjection of over forty representative vicious horses, and the story of the author's personal experience : together with chapters on feeding, stabling, shoeing, and the practical treatment for sickness, lameness, etc: with a large number of recipes . ino- a tirm hold of tlie slioe. As th< foot grows, the shoe will be brought forward so evenly under it as not to do harm- For ordinary light shoes, I am in the habit of using from six to seven nails, evenly distributol around the fiont part (something-like Figs. 457, 459); sometimes extending the outer nail a little beyond or nearer the quarter than the inner one. But if the shoes are heavy, and the work hard, as for draught horses, heavier nails, and from seven to eight in num-ber, will in most cases be required. A small, thin clip turned up at the toe, and one atthe outer quarter,will help greatly inholding the shoe hrrn-ly in position ; butthey should, be turnedup thin, and set wellout on the edge of theshoe. But very little ofthe wall should be cutaway, so as not toweaken or injure it ;hni sufficient to en-able bringing the shoeto its position. Theshoes should not be hammered down tight to the wall, but simplysufficient to rest easily against it. Next, if the foot is broken, or. Fig. -m— \ir -The same as it would appearwith the shoe on. 664 SHOFJNU. much weakened by old nail-holes, puneh the holes where there iasoundest horn to nail to. A thin shoe will not admit of any full-ering, because it weakens the shoe, without giving any special ad-vantage in nailing. The stamp form of punching the holes should))e used ; that is, the hole made larger at the surface and smallerat the bottom, so that the nail heads will fit into it exactly. The method of diiving the nails is next worthy of considera-tion. There ai-e two methods ; one, starting the nail rather nearthe outer surface and driving high, called the English method,which is pract
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