MANUAL FOR ARMY HORSESHOERS. 79 



If tile hind feet strike, the bearing surfaces should be leveled ci 

 corrected as in the case of the front feet. A side weight on the out- 

 side of the shoe (PI. XX, fig. 1) swings the foot outward sufficiently 

 to correct the defect in ordinary cases. 



THE MAKING OF SPECIAL SHOES FOR GAITS. 



70. The roller-motion shoe. — The full roller-mot „^ii shoe can 

 be made from heavy bar steel only, and as this is usually not obtain- 

 able at Army posts the shoe is seldom used. It is made in the same 

 manner as the plate shoe and the ground surface is then rounded 

 with the hammer from the last nail hole on one side to the last naiL 

 hole on the other; the outside edge is made very thin and the inside 

 edge is left unchanged. The shoe is then finished with the rasp. 



The service shoe, on account of the crease, can be rounded only 

 at the toe. The rounded toe, however, will generally be found to 

 accomplish the result desired. 



71. The front forging shoe.— The heel calks of this shoe are 

 turned as explained for the calked shoe (par. 54) and then bent well 

 forward. Hold the shoe on the face of the anvil, the tongs grasping 

 it at the toe, the ground surface up. Strike directly on the calk, 

 bringing the hammer to\yard the toe. After bending the calk for- 

 ward, be careful to level its ground surface so that it will rest evenly 

 when the shoe is placed on a flat surface. 



The toe is rolled as explained for the roller-motion shoe. (Par. 

 70.) 



72. The hind forging shoe. — This shoe is fitted in the same manner 

 as the normal shoe, with the following exceptions : The toe is squared 

 and the heels are cut off so as to be longer than in the normal shoe; 

 the toe clip is omitted and two side cUps are drawn. 



73. The toe-weight shoe.— This shoe is made from the issue 

 front shoe. Heat the shoe to a white heat and with the hammer and 

 a cold chisel cut a line on each half of the ground surface of the shoe 

 halfway between the crease and the inside edge. Each line ex- 

 tends from the heel to a point between the first and second nail 

 holes, thence is carried obliquely to the inside edge. Begin the 

 work of cutting, however, near the toe; never^at the heels. The cut 

 should begin obliquely because a right-angled cut weakens the shoe 

 at this place and causes it to break after much wear. 



