The horse, its treatment in health and disease with a complete guide to breeding, training and management . a = SHOES 445. Too near inner edge Too near outer edge Fig. 639.—Wrongly-placed Nail-holes fully correspond to the head of the proper sized nail. Nearly all hindshoes and some front ones are provided with nail - holes by stampingthrough them a series of four-sided tapered holes of the size fore-shoes are fullered, a groove is sunk round the shoeclose to the outer edge, andthrough this the holes for nailsare afterwards punched. Bothmethods admit of nails beingeasily dri
The horse, its treatment in health and disease with a complete guide to breeding, training and management . a = SHOES 445. Too near inner edge Too near outer edge Fig. 639.—Wrongly-placed Nail-holes fully correspond to the head of the proper sized nail. Nearly all hindshoes and some front ones are provided with nail - holes by stampingthrough them a series of four-sided tapered holes of the size fore-shoes are fullered, a groove is sunk round the shoeclose to the outer edge, andthrough this the holes for nailsare afterwards punched. Bothmethods admit of nails beingeasily driven with safety. Thenumber of nail-holes really re-quired to retain a shoe shouldvary with the size of more than eight are re-quired. Usually seven are suffi-cient for the largest shoe. Smallshoes are safely retained by position of nail-holes is im-portant. The wall at the heels is thin, and therefore if good holdof the front portion of the foot can be taken it is unwise to drive anynails at the back part. Nail-holes should not be too near to the outeredge of a shoe, as when the nail is driven in
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