80 MANUAL FOR ARMY HORSESHOERS. 



Reheat and cut until the part inside of the lines is entirely re- 

 moved. The rough edges are finished with the rasp, and the shoe is 

 fitted in the same manner as a normal shoe. 



The cold chisel is tempered as explained for the hard v. {See 

 Tools.) 



74. The side-weight shoe.— This shoe is made from the issue 

 front shoe. The process is the same as in the toe-weight shoe, except 

 ihat the weight is removed from one-half only and that the cut 

 begins at the center of the toe. 



In the front shoe the heels are of normal length and finished as in 

 the service shoe. 



The w^eight may be on the inside or outside of a front shoe. No 

 fixed rule can be laid down as to which should be used; the conforma- 

 tion of the horse will decide. 



The weight in the hind shoe, however, is always placed on the 

 outside, and extends back toward the buttress as far as possible 

 without covering the frog. The outside heel is drawn about three- 

 quarters of an inch longer than the inside heel, and/rovn the end of the 

 buttress is turned outward. 



This extension is called a trailer and serves to increase the rotary 

 motion given by the weight. 



75. The making of a three-quarter shoe needs no special descrip- 

 tion. It is simply a plate or service shoe with one heel cut off at 

 any desired point by the use of the hardy. 



