. The art of horse-shoeing : a manual for farriers . Fig. 90—Frog-pad. A pad of very elegant appearance is SheathersPneumatic. It is not solid like the ordinary frog-pad,but hollow, and is compressed at each step, but imme-diately resumes its prominent form on being relieved ofpressure. One of the simplest anti-slipping pads is Balls andKeeps wedge-x>ad. It possesses one advantage in notcovering up the whole under-surface of the foot. Whenproperly fitted, it is firmly retained and does its work,but a careless farrier may so apply it that it shifts on thefoot. To fit it exactly, the wall of
. The art of horse-shoeing : a manual for farriers . Fig. 90—Frog-pad. A pad of very elegant appearance is SheathersPneumatic. It is not solid like the ordinary frog-pad,but hollow, and is compressed at each step, but imme-diately resumes its prominent form on being relieved ofpressure. One of the simplest anti-slipping pads is Balls andKeeps wedge-x>ad. It possesses one advantage in notcovering up the whole under-surface of the foot. Whenproperly fitted, it is firmly retained and does its work,but a careless farrier may so apply it that it shifts on thefoot. To fit it exactly, the wall of the back part of the 120 THE ART OF HORSE SHOEING. foot must be lowered more than that in front, so thatshoe, foot and pad may ail be closely Fig. 91.—Sheathers pad. What is called the bar-pad is a leather plate onwhich an india-rubber pad occupies the whole of theback portion, and it is fixed to the foot with a short shoe.
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