178 SHOEING, 



not more the irregular surface of tlie foot, 

 upon a hard roadov paiementy throwing it un- 

 avoidably into a variety of unnatural posi-* 

 tions by the heads of some nails being ridi- 

 culously high, or projecting from the shoe, 

 antl others as much below them, than the 

 certainty of all the clinches being raised iu 

 a very i'ew days^ use by the weight and ac- 

 tion of the horse^ which, on the inside of each 

 foot constitute the evil to a degree of seve- 

 rity with horses tliat go close, particularly if 

 permitted to remain long in such state unat- 

 tended to. Upon expostulation, you are told, 

 '* this is a matter of no inconvenience ; that 

 they will soon be worn down and become 

 equal/* If such assertion was to be admitted 

 without opposition respecting the irregularity 

 of the surface, and distortive positions of the 

 foot, it by no means affects the certainty of 

 rendering the clinches not only evidentl}'^ 

 injurious in th^ degree before recited, but of 

 little utility (after a few days wear) in securing 

 the shoe in the situation it was originally 

 placed. , 



This is a circumstance so exceedmgly clear, 

 that everv rational observer, possessing a de- 



