30 MANUAL FOR ARMY HORSESHOERS. 



anvil. To do this hold one heel against the edge of the anvil toward 

 the horn and draw the shoe across the anvil so that the other heel 

 will make a mark on the face. Repeat this after the change is made 

 and a comparison of the two marks will show the amount of the 

 change. 



19. Too narrow at the toe.— Heat the toe and hold it on the 

 horn of the anvil so that there will be a small space between the 

 shoe and the horn. Strike lightly along the toe, not confining the 

 blows to any one spot. 



20. One heel and quarter too narrow.— To throw out a heel 

 and quarter from a given point. Heat the quarter and, holding 



the heel on the horn, strike on the spot from which it is desired to 

 spread or throw out the heel and quarter. 



21. One heel and quarter too full.— (a) To throw in a heel 

 and quarter from a given point. Heat the quarter and hold it 

 over the j)oint of the horn of the anvil so that the shoe will rest 

 upon the inside edge at the point from which the change is to be 

 made. Strike near the heel on the part projecting over the horn. 



(6) To throw in one side without changing its general shape. 

 Heat the side that is to be thrown in and close the shoe bodily 

 (par. 24), which operation will affect the hot side only. 



(c) If neither of these methods accomplishes the desired result, 

 the quarter must be reshaped ov'er the diagonal of the horn. 



