MANUAL FOR ARMY HORSESHOERS. 61 



and place it on the face of the anvil ground web up, center of toe 

 projecting over the anvil about an eighth of an inch, heels held at 

 an angle of about 30°. With smart strokes with the peen of the 

 hammer drive down the center of the toe until a small shoulder 

 appears underneath; place this shoulder against the far edge of the 

 anvil, holding the shoe so that the heels form an angle of about 45° 

 beloAv the face. Hold the right hand low and with strokes toward 

 you along the face of the anvil, using the heel of the face of the 

 hammer, draw out the toe clip, bringing the heels closer to the anvil 

 as the clip is drawn. Be careful that the clip is in the center of the 

 shoe. The clip, when finished, should be a little higher than the 

 thickness of the shoe. 



53. Fitting. — The toe is then opened, as may be necessary Cpar. 

 19), being careful not to injure the clip. To open the toe of a large 



shoe where the horn of the anvil is too small for the usual method, 

 hold the shoe as shown in paragraph 19, but pull the quarter on the 

 side opposite you firmly against the horn. Then strike on that 

 quarter near the toe, bringing the hammer toward you and keeping 

 up the pull on the tongs. The other side is opened in a similar 

 manner after reversing the shoe. This method is frequently used 

 in fitting the very large shoes required for horses of siege-gun 

 batteries, etc. 



In the service shoes it will not be necessary to use the countersink 

 for nail holes, because the crease is wide enough to take the nailhead. 

 Use the pritchel to open the holes, as in paragraph 15, but pritchel 



