SPECIFIC AND REMEDIAL SHOEING. 



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tool, until they extend over 

 the bars, as shown at A, A, A^ 

 A. This style of shoe I con- 

 sider to be of especial advan- 

 tage to recover the wiring-in 

 of the crusts at the heels. By 

 following the wall close up to 

 the sides of the frog, it obtains 

 strong bar pressure, and gives 

 the frog free access to the 

 ground. If the sole of the foot 

 evinces a tendency to be flat 

 Fig. 119. another modified form and tender, it is quite necessary 



CENTENNIAL SHOE, DESIGNED BY S. T. , x ^ -x r • • x-i 



to protect it trom iniury until 



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A, A, A, A, Grooves deepening and it becomes strong. The only 

 widening toward sole-bearing surface, ^ay in which this can be done 



is by adding to the web in the shoe. As the sole gradually re- 

 news itself and becomes thicker, reduce the width of the shoe. 

 In two or three shoeings, the foot will become strong, when the 

 narrow-webbed shoe may 

 be resorted to. 



Fig. 120. To make shoe, 

 take a steel bar 1^ by f 

 inches, of twice the length 

 from center of the toe to 

 either heel — otherwise suf- 

 ficiently long to extend the 

 required distance round 

 the foot. Strike a center 

 at a point half the length 

 from toe to heel on each 

 side. Then with a chisel, 

 cut down through the ^^°- ^-^- ^^'«^° ^^^^^^ «^« «^«^' ™ 



REDUCE CONCUSSION AND SOFTEN THE STROKE 



middle of bar each way — of footfall. 



