Veterinary notes for horse owners : a manual of horse medicine and surgery . horsesgenerally have side clips, and the toes, as I have already said,should be made square—^leaving an overlapping rim of crustat the toe, which should be rounded off with the rasp—in orderto lessen the chance of over-reaching. I cannot too strongly condemn the practice which is carried onin some forges, of invariably applying thicknheeled shoes. To NAIL HOLES. 733 such an extent is this observed, in some instances, that I havefrequently seen the heels of sound strong feet out down, simplyto suit these shoes, the hab
Veterinary notes for horse owners : a manual of horse medicine and surgery . horsesgenerally have side clips, and the toes, as I have already said,should be made square—^leaving an overlapping rim of crustat the toe, which should be rounded off with the rasp—in orderto lessen the chance of over-reaching. I cannot too strongly condemn the practice which is carried onin some forges, of invariably applying thicknheeled shoes. To NAIL HOLES. 733 such an extent is this observed, in some instances, that I havefrequently seen the heels of sound strong feet out down, simplyto suit these shoes, the habitual use of which is rarely still more injurious practice of employing shoes thinner atthe heels than at the toes, with the view of obtaining increasedfrog-pressure, has become obsolete; for it was found to cause aninjurious amount of strain to be thrown on the suspensory liga-ments and back tendons. For ordinary saddle horses, shoes weighing from eight to tenounces each, will be heavy enough. In the foregoing remarks, I have confined myself to the con-. Fig. 193.—Sidebones particularly well developed at the quarters. sideia-tion of the ordinary shoe with certain modifications; as itis the. most suitable one for general requirements. The Oharliershoe is only of historic interest; for all its advantages may beobtained with tips, which are free from its many drawbacks. A bar shoe for a fore foot—^to be used when the horse is atwork—should be made heart shaped (Fig. 52, p. 177); so thatit may not get caught by the hind shoe. Nail Holes. Thin shoes, especially if they be of soft iron, should be fullered;for if this be not done, and the nail be driven flush with the 734 SHOEma. ground-surface of the shoe, the nail hole will soon become toobig for the head of the nail If, however, the nail heads projectbeyond the ground-surface of the shoe, they will quickly get worndown, or knocked oft; the result being, in either case, that thehorse will drop his shoe. With
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