. The art of horse-shoeing : a manual for farriers . dingly. The dotted lines in Fig. 67 show theoriginal length of shoe, and the shortening which resultsfrom a second roughing. All horse-owners know how many lame horses resultfrom the repeated roughings necessitated by a week ortwo of wintry weather. Some of this is inevitable fromthe rush and hurry which cannot be prevented. Valuablehorses with weak feet should not be submitted to anysuch risk. They should be shod with removable mere fact of removing a horses shoes perhaps fiveor six times in a month must injure the hoof. Add toth
. The art of horse-shoeing : a manual for farriers . dingly. The dotted lines in Fig. 67 show theoriginal length of shoe, and the shortening which resultsfrom a second roughing. All horse-owners know how many lame horses resultfrom the repeated roughings necessitated by a week ortwo of wintry weather. Some of this is inevitable fromthe rush and hurry which cannot be prevented. Valuablehorses with weak feet should not be submitted to anysuch risk. They should be shod with removable mere fact of removing a horses shoes perhaps fiveor six times in a month must injure the hoof. Add tothis the shortening of the shoe, the raising of the heel bythe roughing, and the irregular bearing due to hurried 94 THE ART OF HORSESHOEING. fitting, and we have conditions wliicli only tlie verystrongest feet can endure without serious injury. For heavy draught liorses, and for all where the-roads are hilly, the toes as well as the heels must he*sharped when ice and snow are firm on the 08 shows this arrangement at the toe. The remov--. FiG. 68—Toe sharp. able steel sharps, of which I have spoken, are cer-tainly the least objectionable method of providing foot-hold in winter. They are made in various sizes to suitall kinds of shoes. They vary in shape somewhat, buttheir form is more a matter of fancy than utility. One
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