. The standard horse book, comprising the taming, controlling and education of unbroken and vicious horses. Fig. 408.—Thin Shoe forLight Worl<. Fig. -Faulty, Bad Formof Shoe. SHOEING. 343. Fio. 460.—Toes too Wide. those employed on macadamized roads are better without than withtoe-pieces, although the pace at which they are required to go isnever faster than a walk. In fact, all horses, when possible, shouldbe shod with a flat shoe. The object of nailing should be to hold the shoe firml)- to thefoot without injuring the wall, andleave the foot as independent of therestraint
. The standard horse book, comprising the taming, controlling and education of unbroken and vicious horses. Fig. 408.—Thin Shoe forLight Worl<. Fig. -Faulty, Bad Formof Shoe. SHOEING. 343. Fio. 460.—Toes too Wide. those employed on macadamized roads are better without than withtoe-pieces, although the pace at which they are required to go isnever faster than a walk. In fact, all horses, when possible, shouldbe shod with a flat shoe. The object of nailing should be to hold the shoe firml)- to thefoot without injuring the wall, andleave the foot as independent of therestraint of the shoe at the quartersas possible. The nails should bedriven where there will be most securenail-hold ; more or less as well asheavier nails being necessary, in pro-portion to the thickness of the wall,weight of the shoe, and severity of thework. The wall is thickest andstrongest at the toe or front, and be-comes thinner and more flexible to-ward the quarters and heels, especiallyat the inner heels, where it is sometimes extremely thin and has been much speculation during the past few years inrelation to the cause of this quarters giving out before the other,as nature
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