. Frank Forester's horse and horsemanship of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform]. Horses; Race horses; Chevaux; Chevaux de course. 400 THE H0E8E. it; only take care that the web is not too narrow, and that the shoe is not too liglit. A light shoe is apt to bend before it is half worn out; and the pain caused by the pressure of the bent nails against the tender lining of the hooi' throws the horse down, and most likely breaks his knees. If the foot should be flat, with a weak, brittle crust, you must still Figi-re B. clioose a stout slioo ; for a horse with such
. Frank Forester's horse and horsemanship of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform]. Horses; Race horses; Chevaux; Chevaux de course. 400 THE H0E8E. it; only take care that the web is not too narrow, and that the shoe is not too liglit. A light shoe is apt to bend before it is half worn out; and the pain caused by the pressure of the bent nails against the tender lining of the hooi' throws the horse down, and most likely breaks his knees. If the foot should be flat, with a weak, brittle crust, you must still Figi-re B. clioose a stout slioo ; for a horse with such a foot could not go at all upon a bent shoe; and the shoe must have a wide web, because the sole is sure to be thin and will need plenty of cover to protect it. You must also look to the seating; for, if the foot is weak and flat, the shoe must be well seated out, to prevent its pressing upon and bruising the sole ; but if the foot is strong, and the sole arched, there need not be more seatmg th'in will allow the point of a picker to pass freely round between the sole and the shoe; otherwise dirt and small stones will get in, and bruise the sole as much as the shoe would do if it pressed upon it. CcTTTiNG OFF THE Heels.—Having fixed upon a shoe to your mind, begin by cutting ofl" the you will find a half-round cliisel a better tool for the purpose than' a straight one, because you should never cut them off ' square; if you do, you will find it impossible to fit the shoe properly to the heels, and at the same time keep the web as wide at the heels as it is at the toe; for one of the corners of the shoe will be stick- into the frog, while the other stands out beyond the crust; but if you cut them off as shown in fig- ure 2, you will have no difficulty in bringing every pai't of the. heels; and Figare Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrati
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