. The art of horse-shoeing : a manual for farriers . Fig. 29.—a stumped-np toe. Uneven Bearing Surfaces are easily produced bya careless use of the rasp. One side of the wall may bemade lower than the other, one heel may be reducedmore than the rest of the foot, or one side of the toe maybe unevenly reduced. In Fig. 30, the foot presents anuneven surface which not uncommonly results fromcareless work. The parts over-reduced are those mosteasily reached with a rasp. The near foot suffers at tliooutside heel and inside toe. A left handed farrierwould injure the feet in just the opposite position
. The art of horse-shoeing : a manual for farriers . Fig. 29.—a stumped-np toe. Uneven Bearing Surfaces are easily produced bya careless use of the rasp. One side of the wall may bemade lower than the other, one heel may be reducedmore than the rest of the foot, or one side of the toe maybe unevenly reduced. In Fig. 30, the foot presents anuneven surface which not uncommonly results fromcareless work. The parts over-reduced are those mosteasily reached with a rasp. The near foot suffers at tliooutside heel and inside toe. A left handed farrierwould injure the feet in just the opposite positions. Another fault results from holding the rasp we suppose the inside heel of the near foot to be under PREPARATION OF THE FOOT. 45 preparation, and tlie farrier inclines Ms rasj) too mucliinwards, lie leaves the wall at the heel lower than thosole within it. On such a foot, a level shoe rests uponthe sole instead of upon the wall, and a bruised heelsoon Fig. 30.—Uneven Surface, over-lowsred at Heel and Toe. Paring Avtay the Sole to produce a deep, con-cave appearance has another evil effect in addition tothat before })ointed out. It removes the horn just withinthe border of the wall, taking away the natural support,and leaving as bearing surface for a shoe a narrow ridgeinstead of a strong fiat surface. Fig. 31 shows this fault,and it must be remembered that this ridge may be leftas thin as a knife edge. Such a ridge cannot sustain theweight of the horse, and when it yields, the shoe alsoyields, the clenches are raised and the shoe becomes loose. Excessive Rasping of Wall.—The best farriers—those most proud of their work—have a great temptationto use a rasp too freely to the outer surface of the hoof gets rough, or it may be ridged, its appearanceis improved by being made smooth, and it is only humanto turn out work which is clean and neat. Owners andgrooms are rather inclined to forget the claims of theliorse when j
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