. The art of horse-shoeing : a manual for farriers . tead of constantnormal bearing, it permits a downward movement of theback of the foot at each step—which is unnatural, and 78 THE ART OF HORSE-SHOEING. wliicli cannot occur in an unsliood foot on a level sur-face. The eased lieel does more than this. It wastesa large extent of good hearing-surface, and it concen-trates pressure at one point—where the shoe and footmeet—at the quarters. It loses good bearing-surface-where it is important to have it, and unevenly throws,extra weight on the quarters, which are the weakest partsof the wall. An ea
. The art of horse-shoeing : a manual for farriers . tead of constantnormal bearing, it permits a downward movement of theback of the foot at each step—which is unnatural, and 78 THE ART OF HORSE-SHOEING. wliicli cannot occur in an unsliood foot on a level sur-face. The eased lieel does more than this. It wastesa large extent of good hearing-surface, and it concen-trates pressure at one point—where the shoe and footmeet—at the quarters. It loses good bearing-surface-where it is important to have it, and unevenly throws,extra weight on the quarters, which are the weakest partsof the wall. An eased heel has not one single advan-tage, but it has every disadvantage which misplacedingenuity could contrive. For flat feet, a wide shoe with a flat foot-surface is-unsafe, as there is liability to uneven pressure on the-sole. For such feet, the safer form of foot-surface isone presenting a level narrow bearing surface round its^outer border, from which an inclined or bevelled surfacecontinues the shoe inwards. (Fig. 52.) This form of Fig. 52.—Section of a seated shoe. can be fitted to nearly any kind of foot. To escape injuryto a flat sole, seating out shoes is necessary, but theoperation should always leave a level bearing-surfacefor the wall. When a shoe is seated from one side to theother so as to i^roduce a saucer-shaioed surface, harm isdone to the foot. Such a shoe presents no level bearing-surface, and the weight of the horse pressing the wall onan inclined plane causes the foot to be pinched or com-pressed in a manner which soon causes lameness. (Fig. 53.)A few years ago, these shoes were too common, and tamake them still more injurious, the foot was pared out FITTING AND APPLICATION OF SHOES. 79 from the center to the circumference like a saucer, andthe two spoiled articles were fitted together. Their sur-faces of contact were two narrow ridges, which even themost expert workman could not fit without injury to thehorse.
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