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pressure from the slit, and throw it on each side of it. 

 In short, in all the diseases of the foot the bar-shoe 

 will be found very serviceable if worn during these 

 diseases ; but it must be discontinued as soon as a 

 cure has been effected. When the bar-shoe is used 

 for sand-crack or corn, the crust and frog ought to be 

 perfectly parallel, and the bar should be the widest 

 part of the shoe, so that an extended bearing may be 

 placed upon the frog. This shoe, however, is by no 

 means safe during frost. 



CLIPS. 



These consist of portions of the upper edge of the 

 shoe, hammered out, and turned up so as to embrace 

 the lower surface of the crust, which must be a little 

 pared out so as to receive the clip. The chief use of 

 the clip is to give greater security in attaching the 

 shoe to the foot, and lessening the stress upon the 

 nails, which might prove injurious. In horses 

 subjected to heavy draught, clips are indispensable, 

 and are useful to all employed in draught of any kind. 

 They will be found a useful preventive in securing the 

 shoes from being torn off, when the strain is great on 

 the feet while drawing. Clips are also beneficial when 

 horses are given to stamping and pawing, as either of 

 these tricks are likely to loosen the simple shoe. But 

 clips should only be used in such horses as we have 

 named, because they press upon the crust as it grows 

 down, and are therefore objectionable with horses 

 which are employed in light draught or hackneys. 



THE HINDER SHOE. 



As the hinder limbs are the chief instruments of 

 propulsion in the animal, except while walking, the 



