THE SHOEING OF HORSES. 33 



are paved with hard slippery granite, the best form of shoe for 

 draught horses is, without doubt, the Manchester shoe. 



Plate X. 



Hu7iting Shoe. — This form of shoe possesses two properties 

 highly valuable to horses engaged in the chase : first, lightness ; 

 and, second, it will not suck, or become attached to the ground in 

 wet, heavy, or clayey soils. The shoe, as shown in Plate X., 

 is bevelled upon its ground surface, from where the inner edge of 

 the nails terminate to the inner edge of the shoe. The foot 

 surface is level. This shoe is best adapted to feet of a concave 

 form ; it will also answer equally well for feet of a semi-concave 

 form. In feet that are very flat this shoe will not be found 

 suitable ; first, because it will not afford sufficient cover to such 

 feet ; and, second, because it could not be adapted to flat soled 

 feet. A clip is required at the toe, and also one at the side of 

 the foot, with horses whose tread is unequal. The fore foot 

 should also be slightly curved at the toe. This form of shoe 

 will also be found very serviceable for light hack and harness 

 horses, having good sound concave or semi-concave feet. 



Great care is required in nailing the shoe to the feet of 

 hunters. Each nail should be driven well home; the clenchers 

 should be left a little longer than usual, they should be well 

 turned over, and hammered flat to the wall, and not touched 

 with the rasp. Horses in the field have to encounter tough, 

 boggy, and clayey soils, and, unless the shoes are well secured in 

 the manner described, they are certain to be drawn from the 



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