Horse-shoes and horse-shoeing : their origin, history, uses, and abuses . from their great weight, length, &c.,especially in deep ground, in riding fast, or when the toeof the hinder foot strikes against the heel of the prevent this inconvenience, sixteen or eighteen nailsare frequently made use of, which destroy and weaken thecrust by their being placed too near one another; and itis not uncommon, when a shoe nailed in this manner ispulled off, that the crust on the outside of the nails breaks CLARK ON DEFECTIVE SHOES. 5 away with it. If this should happen a few days after thefoo
Horse-shoes and horse-shoeing : their origin, history, uses, and abuses . from their great weight, length, &c.,especially in deep ground, in riding fast, or when the toeof the hinder foot strikes against the heel of the prevent this inconvenience, sixteen or eighteen nailsare frequently made use of, which destroy and weaken thecrust by their being placed too near one another; and itis not uncommon, when a shoe nailed in this manner ispulled off, that the crust on the outside of the nails breaks CLARK ON DEFECTIVE SHOES. 5 away with it. If this should happen a few days after thefoot has been so finely pared (which is not unusual), orupon a journey, and at a distance from any place where ashoe may be immediately procured, the horse instantlybecomes lame, from the thinness of the sole and weaknessof the crust, and is hardly able to support the weight ofhis own body, much less that of his rider. This able writer gives two drawings of one of theseterrible instruments of torture—the foot and ground sur-face of an ordinary shoe (figs. 189, 190)..
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