. The art of horse-shoeing : a manual for farriers . mbered 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 inclin
. The art of horse-shoeing : a manual for farriers . mbered 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 judging shoeing, and the result is that some 46 THE ART OP HORSE-SHOEING. iiarm is doiio by raspiiifc. A strong foot suffer much, but its strongth is preserved by leavingthe hard outer surface intact. Rasping off an outerlayer of horn favors evaporation and hardening of th&underneath layer, and the toughness so desirable is to--some degree replaced by hardness and Fig. 31.—a Pared-out Sole, bars destroyed and bearing surfacefor shoe reduced to a narrow ridge. Excessive rasping below the clenches is even more injur-ious than rasping above them. The wall, between itsbearing surface and the clenches, has to withstand thecontact of the shoe and the perforation by nails. Itshould be the toughest and strongest part, and, therefore,should not be rasped more than is necessary to lay downthe clenches and finish the fitting. Unfortunately, theneatest work is done by fitting a shoe close and thenrasping off any protruding horn. This is bad for thefoot, as it weakens the wall and spoils the bearing sur-face at each shoeing. The worst offenders in this direc-tion are dealers, who sacrifico everything to appearancesand insist upon shoeing being neat at all hazards. Opening the Heels is one of the gravest faults afarrier can be guilty of. It consists in cutting away the^extremity of the wall at the heel and g
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