. The art of horse-shoeing : a manual for farriers . ound-surface may be altered to suit the tastes andprejudices of the owner as well as the requirements ofthe horse and the peculiarity of roadways. The Foot-Surface.—It is quite obvious that thesurface of the shoe upon which the hoof has to rest shouldbe regular and even ; that it should not consist of hillsand holes or grooves and ridges. I should not havementioned such a very evident matter, but that in largetowns, the cheaper and poorer classes of shoeing com-monly possess this very fault. When shoes are made- ^4 THE ART OP HORSE-SHOEING.
. The art of horse-shoeing : a manual for farriers . ound-surface may be altered to suit the tastes andprejudices of the owner as well as the requirements ofthe horse and the peculiarity of roadways. The Foot-Surface.—It is quite obvious that thesurface of the shoe upon which the hoof has to rest shouldbe regular and even ; that it should not consist of hillsand holes or grooves and ridges. I should not havementioned such a very evident matter, but that in largetowns, the cheaper and poorer classes of shoeing com-monly possess this very fault. When shoes are made- ^4 THE ART OP HORSE-SHOEING. from thin, wide, old iron tyres they are buckled onone surface, and to hide this the farrier puts that side tothe foot so that it is not noticed until it causes are three or four forms of foot-surface adopted byfarriers, all of which have distinctive features, someof which have very grave evils. There is the plain flatsurface, which is given to all narrow shoes, to liuntingshoes, and to .some heavier and wider shoes. So long as. Fig. 32.—a level, flat teaiicg-siirface. the sole is htalthy and arched this is a very good liind shoes have a flat foot-surface, and most foreshoes might have it with advantage. It utilizes tlie whole-of the natural bearing surface, and must of necessityafford a flrmer basis for the foot lo rest upon than a morelimited surface. The fore feet are not so constantlyarched in the sole as the hind. Sometimes they are flatand occasionally convex. If a shoe be intended for use onall feet—on feet with convex and flat soles as well asthose properly formed—a wide flat foot surface wouldoften cause injury by pressing unevenly upon the avoid this injury in less than five per cent, of feet,and to save the troiible of keeping in stock shoes ofdifferent forms, the flat foot-surface of front shoos hasbeen replaced by a bevelled or seated surface.(Fig. 33.) THE FORM AND MANUFACTURE OF SHOES. 55- This form is very widely used.
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