is thin enough, put the pattern in the vise and 

 l^end the thin part up towards the foot side of 

 the shoe. You are now ready to form it into a 

 shoe, and to do this you should use a wooden 

 mallet, shaped like a turning hammer ; do not 

 punch the nail holes until you have fitted the 

 shoe, then you will be enabled to put the nails 



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in that portion of the w^all best suit^^d for them. 

 A simple method sometimes followed in mak- 

 ing capped shoes is to make and fit the shoe 

 first and then braze on a thin piece of steel for 

 a cap. It is an excellent method if you have 

 had experience in brazing, but if you have not, 

 the old system will w^ork out more satisfac- 

 torily. 



If a foot is "shelly" and you find it necessary 

 to use a larger number of nails, or larger nails 

 than you like to use, to keep the shoe in place, 

 put on a side-capped or toe-cap shoe and, 

 I am sure you will appreciate the good results 

 derived from its use. Often a horse wnth a 

 long toe in front has to wear a thick pad; the 

 nails around the forward part of the shoe go 

 up inside of the wall ; and even a couple of good 

 clips will not prevent the shoe from being 

 forced back or over sideways. That is wdiere 

 the capped-shoe does its best work. It is not 

 necessary always to make the cap high ; more 

 often a cap about one-half inch high will suffice. 



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