SECTION VI. 



ON SHOEING THE DRAUGHT HORSE, AND ON CERTAIN SPECIAL 



FORMS OF SHOE. 



Plate IX. 



^HOEING the Draught Horse. — In the numerous treatises, 

 essays, and monographs, which, from time to time, have 

 appeared in our language in relation to the farrier's art, it is some- 

 what singular that not a single line (so far as we are aware) is to 

 be found having reference to shoeing the draught horse. The feet 

 of the heaviest horses of this class are exceedingly large, and are 

 generally flat in form. Concave-formed feet are occasionally met 

 with, but the flat form is the one most common. The consequence 

 is, that draught horses require a larger shoe than horses of superior 

 breed ; also, a shoe with a broader web, to afford more cover and 

 protection to the sole. In the South of England draught horses 

 are commonly shod with what is called a broad-webbed, wedge- 

 heeled shoe — that is, a shoe plain from heel to toe upon the 

 ground surface, but becoming gradually thicker towards the heels ; 

 while, in most other parts of the kingdom, the foot of the draught 



