THE PRACTICAL HORSESHOER. 



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Sharpening Calks — Setting Heels and Toes. 



My belief is tliat many blacksmiths set the toe calk under 

 instead of setting- it out as it should be. After the toe is 

 wekled turn the heels in the air and sharpen from the in- 

 side of the toe with the pane of the hammer. This gives 

 the outward slant in sharpening- so the shoe is not thrown 

 out of shape. 



A horse in pulling, sets the heel down first, which makes 



B B 



Fig. 132— Sharpening Calks. 



the shoe slant, and if it slants inward the horse will slip 

 in pulling' up-hill, while if it slants outward he gets a firm 

 hold . 



Never set the heels square across. ' They should always 

 be set with the curve of the shoe and then they prevent the 

 horse from slipping sidewise. Slope them toward each 

 other as shown in the illustration, Fig. 122, in which B B 

 represents the heels and A the toe. — By H. R. 



