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THE PRACTICAL HORSESHOER. 



effects upon different horses. The result depends entirely 

 upon the action of the animal and the manner of striking-. 

 My method in most cases is to pare the foot to the shape 

 g'iven it b}^ nature as nearly as possible. Then I fit the 

 shoes, rig'hts and lefts, leaving- the inside of the shoe 

 straig-hter than the wall of the foot. 

 If the season of tlie year is such that the ground is icy, 



Fig. 96 — A Shoe Made by "R. A. M." for Interfering Horses. 



I turn the outside instead of the inside calks, as the snow 

 path is always deepest in the middle. For this reason the 

 outside calks strike first and so stop the tendency to slide 

 and thus strike the other ankle. Another advantag-e in 

 turning' the outside instead of the inside calk is that the 

 horse is less liable to injure himself by calking*. I nail the 

 shoe to fit the outside and toe, and fit both heels the same 



