THE PRACTICAL HORSESHOER. 



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signed the shoe shown in Fig\ 138. The device maybe ap- 

 plied to any ordinar3^ shoe in the following manner : Weld 

 the toe piece A on the shoe, making the piece extend over 

 the outside rim of tlie shoe from half an inch to one inch. 

 Then stave up the outside heel of the shoe sufRcientl^^ to get a 



Fig. 139— A Side-Weight Shoe. 



good, broad covering for the narrowed heels and quarters. 

 Use the round fulling tool to svvedge the shoe, and swedge 

 Avide enough to get a good bar pressure. Turn up the 

 heels, weld a calk on the outside heels and fit the shoe snug 

 to the wall, up to both sides of the frog. The effect of the 

 projecting toe piece is to brace or stay the weak part of 



