THE PRACTICAL HORSESHOER. 



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anvil, allowing- the clip to hide in the slot. The shoe being- 

 backed b3' the tool I place my fuller on the toe and draw it 

 down. By following the method I have just described you 

 will find it the neatest and easiest w^ay of clipping- or 

 sharpening-. Fig-. 34 represents the tool ; A indicates the 

 stem, and B is the slot. C is the part made to fit the anvil. 

 Fig'. 35 shows the method of drawing clips. Fig. 3G illus- 



Fig. 33 —Showing the Shoeing Stand Completed. 



trates how the shoe should be placed when the calks are to 

 be sharpened. — By J. J. C. 



Sharpening Calks. 



I will describe m^^ plan for sharpening horseshoes : 

 I first take an old axle two inches square, cut it in two in 

 the center, and then upset one of the pieces at the end where 



