208 THE PRACTICAL HORSESHOER. 



sertecl somewhat at about the center of the quarter. This 

 g'ives the foot a level bearing*. I know that tips put on 

 horses with feet as I have described, had the desired effect, 

 that is, they widened the heels. And the horses did not 

 become lame although they were driven over paved streets 

 all the Summer months. 



M}^ method of shoeing a stumbling horse is as follows : 

 Shoe with plates, rasp off the toe of the foot, then put the 

 hot shoe in the vise at the first toe nails, and turn it up to 

 fit the toe of the foot. 



I think all competent horse shoers will maintain that a 

 knee-sprung horse should be raised on his or her heels. If 

 there is plenty of hoof, I pare off the toe and then put on a 

 common shoe. If there is not plenty of hoof, and the heels 

 are low, the desired height should be made up in the heel of 

 the shoe. If a toe calk is needed it should be hammered 

 down low. 



In shoeing a horse with corns the best way is to cut off 

 the heel of the shoe on the inside, as the heel is the most 

 subject to corns. Do not pare down the heel or bar, but 

 leave them in contact with the ground and your horse will 

 then have a good sound heel. — By J. J. McN. 



Stumbling Horses. 



To shoe horses that stumble, pare the foot as for ordi- 

 nary shoeing and nail the shoe on pointing forward, as j^ou 

 think the foot should be carried in traveling. Horses that 

 stumble generally have a round or wide foot and toe in. 

 This causes them to hit the foot that stumbles on the hoof, 

 just back of the fourth nail from the toe, with the side of 

 the other foot. The blow is so light that it leaves scarcely 

 an^^ mark, but it will soon produce soreness at the point 



