Magner's ABC guide to sensible horseshoeing : a simple and practical treatise on the art of shoeing horses . Fig, 481.—Model Shoes. Fig 482.—Showing Location of Nails. be left vacant. If this is done, no harm will follow. Sometimesthe smith, especially if he expects to be scolded, will drive thenail down, which in a few hours or next day will show itself by SHOEING. 37. making the horse lame ; or the nail may be driven so deeply as togo near the soft parts of the inner edge, and when the point strikes the hard hornof the outersurface, it maybend inward orpress upon andbreak throughto the sensi
Magner's ABC guide to sensible horseshoeing : a simple and practical treatise on the art of shoeing horses . Fig, 481.—Model Shoes. Fig 482.—Showing Location of Nails. be left vacant. If this is done, no harm will follow. Sometimesthe smith, especially if he expects to be scolded, will drive thenail down, which in a few hours or next day will show itself by SHOEING. 37. making the horse lame ; or the nail may be driven so deeply as togo near the soft parts of the inner edge, and when the point strikes the hard hornof the outersurface, it maybend inward orpress upon andbreak throughto the sensitiveparts. This iscalled rucking,as shown in The nailshouldbepulledout at once. Another cause of harm is what is termed fitting and drawing thenails too closely. If the nails are driven rather deep, and clincheddown firmly, they are liable to bend inward and press upon thesensitive parts. This is called pinching. If present when the horseis shod, and it is noticed that the nails are driven rather deep for thethickness of the wall, insist upon their being driven farther out. An ignorant or thoughtless man may claim there is no danger, though he is driving the nailsmuch too deep. Should thehorse show soreness or lamenesswithin three or four days afterbeing shod, especially if he puts Fig. 483. —Examining the Shoe.
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