THE PRACTICAL HORSESHOER. 



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inches ; width, 4^ inches ; thickness, i of an inch. The heel, 

 which is bent up about f of an inch, shows a fracture in the 

 iron at the point where it was originally welded. The nail- 

 holes are one-fourth of an inch in diameter. 



Fiff. 2.— Nail taken 



from an Arabian 



Horseshoe. 



Fig 3.— Syrian 

 Horse Nail. 



Fig:. 4.— Spanish 

 Horse Nail. 



In Fig. 2 is shown the st\^le of nail used in shoeing Ara- 

 bian horses. It seems bungling and clums}' in comparison 

 with the neat, trim American nails. Fig. 3 is, if anything, 

 more bungling in construction than the Arabian nail, and 

 represents the nail in use in Syria. Fig. 4, a Spanish nail, 

 is a step forward, and, at least, resembles our modern nail. 



