. The art of horse-shoeing : a manual for farriers . right, and run more risk of fatal injury than in thecase of the over-loading, bat his owner, who wouldindignantly repudiate the one condition, will designedlyincur the other. Probably this is only thoughtlessness, but it is a-reflection on the prudence of a manager, and certainlynot flattering to the feelings or intelligence of a man. There are many ways of providing foot-hold for a>horse on ice and snow. The most simj^le and temporary 93 THE ART OF HORSE-SHOEING. proceeding is to use frost-nails. Fig. 66 shows varioussizes and shapes of
. The art of horse-shoeing : a manual for farriers . right, and run more risk of fatal injury than in thecase of the over-loading, bat his owner, who wouldindignantly repudiate the one condition, will designedlyincur the other. Probably this is only thoughtlessness, but it is a-reflection on the prudence of a manager, and certainlynot flattering to the feelings or intelligence of a man. There are many ways of providing foot-hold for a>horse on ice and snow. The most simj^le and temporary 93 THE ART OF HORSE-SHOEING. proceeding is to use frost-nails. Fig. 66 shows varioussizes and shapes of these articles. They are not driven through the hoof like ordinarj-nails, but through the shoe only, which is prepared fortheir reception at the time of fitting. A shoe to carryfrost-nails is fitted c, little wider than usual at the heelsand has at its extremities, or more often at its outerextremities, countersunk holes stamped and directed, out-wards, so that the frost-nail can be safely driventhrough by anyone, and its shank turned down over the. Fro. 66.—Various frost-nails. shoe. There is a difficulty in firmly securing tliem,they are apt to work loose and then become bent anduseless. If used on the inside heel of a shoe, they consti-tute a danger to the opposite leg, should they bend andprotrude from under the shoe. As a temporary provi-sion against a sudden frost or fall of snow, they areuseful, but they are only a make-shift. ROUGHING. 93 The more permanent and effective system of rough-ing consists in removing the shoes and turning down acharp chisel projection at the heels. In very bad weather,a projection edge is also laid across the toe of the shoe. The diagrams show the method of sharping afront and hind shoe at the heels only. The hind shoe,having calkins, is not much altered. The smith simplyconverts the square calkin into a sharp-edged one. Thefore shoe, having no calkins, is turned down at the heelsto afford enough iron to form the sharp. But thisshortens the
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