Horse and man : their mutual dependence and duties . f the quarters. As the reader willsee, the heel and frog are left alone, so that the lattercan grow to its normal size, nearly filling the cavity of the hoof. A quarter shoe is all that is required. Thereis a specimen now before me, which was taken froma large hoof where it was doing good work. Whenfirst put on, or rather put in, itweighed exactly three ounces,and has lost a quarter of anounce by wear. It is three-six-teenths of an inch in thicknessand seven-sixteenths in width. Ifit were straightened it wouldmeasure rather more than sevenin
Horse and man : their mutual dependence and duties . f the quarters. As the reader willsee, the heel and frog are left alone, so that the lattercan grow to its normal size, nearly filling the cavity of the hoof. A quarter shoe is all that is required. Thereis a specimen now before me, which was taken froma large hoof where it was doing good work. Whenfirst put on, or rather put in, itweighed exactly three ounces,and has lost a quarter of anounce by wear. It is three-six-teenths of an inch in thicknessand seven-sixteenths in width. Ifit were straightened it wouldmeasure rather more than seveninches in length. Now, this isaltogether too large a shoe, butI describe it as being an actual specimen which hadbeen in use. Seven inches, for example, is much too long, fourinches being amply sufficient for practical is also too thick, one-eighth of an inch being quiteenough ; and it is needlessly wide, the few nails whichare required being so small that there is plenty ofroom for them if the width were diminished by atleast CHARLIER SHOE. 136 HORSE AND MAN. A little art is required in attaching this the edge of the hoof a groove is cut, and intothe groove the shoe is sunk. The groove should befully as deep as the thickness of the shoe, and evenshould it be a little deeper no harm will be is no difficulty in cutting the groove, as in allplaces where the Charlier shoe is sold a special knifeis supplied. v This knife is a variation of the ordinarydraw-knife, and is furnished with a moveable guideby which the dimensions of the groove are guide can be set to any point, and fastened by ascrew, so that even the most careless operator canhardly make a mistake. As the shoe is flush with the horn, there is noleverage, and in consequence it only requires a fewnails, and those of small size. The chief virtue ofthe Charlier shoe, however, consists in the fact that,as the horse steps, the horn and iron are worn awaysimultaneously,
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