The horse, its treatment in health and disease with a complete guide to breeding, training and management . d to the flat outer portion of the shoe. This formof shoe is very commonly used, especially when the shoe is a wide made, this foot surface is a safe and useful one. When the outerlevel portion is made too narrow, useful bearing surface is lost; when itis left a little wider than the wall it is unobjectionable. A very badfoot surface is formed by bevelling the iron so that it slopes from theouter to the inner circumference of the shoe (fig. 634). Such a surfiiceaffords no le
The horse, its treatment in health and disease with a complete guide to breeding, training and management . d to the flat outer portion of the shoe. This formof shoe is very commonly used, especially when the shoe is a wide made, this foot surface is a safe and useful one. When the outerlevel portion is made too narrow, useful bearing surface is lost; when itis left a little wider than the wall it is unobjectionable. A very badfoot surface is formed by bevelling the iron so that it slopes from theouter to the inner circumference of the shoe (fig. 634). Such a surfiiceaffords no level resting-place for the hoof, and when it is attached to afoot may cause lameness by squeezing the wall inwards. At the heels thefoot surface should always be left flat, and the seating of a shoe should SHOES 443 cease about an inch or an inch and a half in front of the extremities ofthe shoe. The ground surface may vary in form without affecting the foot inany way. The chief variations are such as afford some special means ofincreasing the security of foothold, and of providing against injury to the.
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