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SCIENTIFIC HORSESHOEING. 



heel to toe. Then in case the weight is to be reduced, after the 

 shoe is nailed on, the leather can be cut out around the inside 

 of shoe. 



Fig. 157. Hind foot scooped toe or grab shoe, to prevent 

 speedy cutting. This is a great shoe for speedy, close gaited 

 horses. The scoop at toe secures the foothold and prevents 

 slipping backward when leaving the ground, while the inner 

 and outer bevels on shoe prevent the cutting or bruising of front 

 quarters when in rapid motion. This shoe is to be made thicker 

 at the toe and gradually beveled thinner to the heels. 



Fig. 157. hind foot scoupkd toe 



GRAB shoe, to PRKVENT SPEEDY 

 CUTTING. 



Scoop at toe to be deepened in- 

 ward from A to B. C, D, Bevels 

 around inner and outer rims of 

 branches. 



Fig. ]58. front foot scooped grab 



TOE BAR shoe, TO PREVENT SPEED HORSES 

 SLIPPING ON SOFT TRACKS. 



A, Outer rim of toe to be of same 

 height on ground tread as the four 

 calkins; the scoop to bevel in to B, 

 which is thinned down a little below 

 the web of the shoe, and extends to 

 sides, G, C. Side heel and quarter 

 calkins, D, D,D,D, wedge or /^shaped, 

 with points upward. These calkins 

 are to be of same height as the grab 

 toe from A to C, C. 



Fig. 158. "With this style of shoe made as directed by 

 references underneath the cut, the foot can not slip either to the 



