. The art of horse-shoeing : a manual for farriers. Horseshoeing. 104 THE ART OF HORSE-SHOEING, however, a few horses that are always a source of trouble, -and there are conditions of shoeing which assist or pre- vent the injury. The hind legs are the most frequently affected, and this because of the calkins. Many horses will cease "cutting" at once if the calkins of the shoes be removed and a level shoe adopted. There are certain forms of shoe which are supposed to be specially suitable as preventives. A great favorite is the " knocked-up shoe," i. e., a, shoe with no nail
. The art of horse-shoeing : a manual for farriers. Horseshoeing. 104 THE ART OF HORSE-SHOEING, however, a few horses that are always a source of trouble, -and there are conditions of shoeing which assist or pre- vent the injury. The hind legs are the most frequently affected, and this because of the calkins. Many horses will cease "cutting" at once if the calkins of the shoes be removed and a level shoe adopted. There are certain forms of shoe which are supposed to be specially suitable as preventives. A great favorite is the " knocked-up shoe," i. e., a, shoe with no nails on the inside, except aU the toe, and a skate-shaped inner Fig. 75.—"Knocked-up" Shoes—with and without an inner Calkin. These shoes are fitted not only close to the inner border of the wall, but within it, and the horn at the toe is then rasped off level with the shoe. Whether they are of any use is a question, but there is no question of the harm they do to the foot. Some farriers are partial to a three-quarter shoe—one from which a couple of inches of the inside heel has been removed. Some thicken the out- side toe, some the inside toe. Some raise one heel, some the other, and some profess to have a principle of fitting the shoe based upon the formation of the liorso's limb and the peculiarity of his action. If in practice success attended these methods, I should advise their ado[)tion, but my experience is that numerous farriers obtain a special name for shoeing horses that '*' cut," when their. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hunting, William, 1846-1913. New York : W. R. Jenkins
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