l8 THE SHOEING OF HORSES. 



Plate V. 



This plate gives a diagramic representation of the shoe, with 

 its foot surface properly seated. The seated space is the part 

 coloured blue. The whole extent between the inner border of 

 the blue and the inner border of the shoe (the white expanse) 

 represents that part which requires to be bevelled. The seated or 

 level portion is to receive the wall of the foot, upon which it 

 should exclusively rest ; that is, when the foot and the shoe are 

 nailed together. 



The toe of the shoe is provided, as every shoe should be, 

 with a clip. 



For concave or semi-concave forms of feet, the bevelled part 

 does not require to be over carefully worked ; but for a flat or 

 full-soled foot, the bevelling should be executed with great care. 

 In every instance, when practicable, sufficient space should be left 

 between the bevelling and the sole to allow a thin picker to be 

 freely passed around. 



Seating the shoe ought to be made by Act of Parliament one 

 of the primary and indispensable rules of the farrier's art. To 

 give clearness to the importance of this rule, we shall state a few 

 particulars relating to the union of the wall an*d the sole of the 

 foot ; — particulars which, we trust, will give such plainness and 

 force to our statements, as to render any further arguments upon 

 this matter unnecessary. 



The wall and the sole of the foot are only united mediately ; 

 that is, no direct union of the two exists. It may appear other- 

 wise to those not conversant with the foot ; but the union of the 



