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THE PRACTICAL HORSESHOER. 



of a method of shoeing", which will give the most satisfac- 

 tory results. 



In ^shoeing the hind feet some weight the shoe, the 

 outer half being wider than the inner. Others cut away 

 the outside of the hoof, thus causing the foot to lean out 

 and throwing the fetlock joint into an angular position, 

 the shoe being level. This device produces an unnatural 

 gait, and is a continual punishment to the animal as 

 long as the angularity lasts. 



Bare-footed horses seldom interfere, and when they do 

 so, it is caused by carelessness on the part of those who 



Fig. 86— A Half Bar Shoe for Interfering. 



care for fhem, in not having the superfluous hoof 

 removed by the rasp. A" horse that has his hoofs pared 

 level and the shoe also level, with the inner part of the 

 'shoe having a slightly greater I'adius than the outer 

 part, with two nails just inside the toe, or none at all in 

 severe cases, the shoe to be set under well and a clip put 

 on the outside between the toe and quarter, will often give 

 good results. 



Projecting nails cause cutting in nine cases where the 

 shoe does in one. For a horse that Is almost incurable 

 in striking, a half-bar shoe, made as shown in accompa- 



