SPECIFIC AND REMEDIAL SHOEING. 





rear or sides, and by being easily lifted from muddy tracks with 

 little friction, the horse grows surer footed and less leg weary 

 or jaded than would otherwise be the case with the ordinary toe 

 and heel calked shoe. 



Fig. 159. Any ordinary 

 shoe may be adapted to this 

 form by cutting off both of 

 the branches to the required 

 length, then by using a bar, 

 say f in. thick by | in. wide, 

 long enough to extend across 

 the quarters, and welding the 

 tongue piece on bar to reach 

 back and cover the frog be- 

 tween the heels, after which 

 weld to the shoe and put on 

 calks at toe, sides and heel of 

 equal height, as shown at A, Fig. 159. front foot three-quarter 

 B, B, and C. The cleft of frog ^^o^' ^«« ^^^^s, bruised heels, side 



BONES, QUARTER CRACKS, ETC. 



is marked at D, and the dressed 



A, B, B, C, C, Toe quarters and 

 wall at E, E. In almost all heel calks. D, Cleft of frog. E, E, 

 cases of this kind pressure is Bruised heels. P, F, Lower margin of 



11 rr 1 P 1 level wall. 



to be kept oii the frog, and 



this can easily be done by bending the broad tongue piece away 

 from the foot. This shoe may, if desired, also be made plain, 

 that is, without calks, and in either form will be found of 

 valuable service if applied for the purposes intended with foot 

 prepared, as per Fig. 23. 



Fig. 160 (next page). A horse thus affected endeavors to re- 

 move the weight from the back of his foot by walking on his toe. 

 This shoe can be used equally well for horses and mules — the 

 heel calks to be high enough in each instance to level the heel 

 with the ground, then as the weight can be borne on the heels, 

 the calks will gradually be worn down and give indications in 



