39 S MANUAL OF MODERN FARRIERY. 



best Swedish iron, and made of sufficient thickness to pre- 

 vent breaking or bending when used. A flat surface on the 

 foot side is generally used ; and the same form of plate as 

 in the shoes intended to be put on after the removal of the 

 plate. Three or four nails on each side according to the 

 size of the foot will suffice. The heels of the plate should 

 not be longer than the horn of the heels, rather a trifle 

 shorter, to prevent them from being torn ofi" by the toe of 

 the hind foot when at great speed. 



TPIE BAR-SHOE. 



This is a useful invention to remove the pressure from 

 any tender part of the foot, and throw it on another portion 

 which is quite sound. It consists of the common shoe 

 continued round the heels. Its chief use is in cases ot 

 corns, and it quite covers its seat. It elevates the sole in 

 pumiced feet, and thus secures them from pressure. It is 

 also useful in sand-crack, as by it we can remove the 

 pressure from the slit, and throw it on each side of it. In 

 short, in all the diseases of the foot the bar-shoe will be 

 found very serviceable if worn during these diseases ; but it 

 must be discontinued as soon as a cure has been effected. 

 When the bar-shoe is used for sand-crack or corn, the crust 

 and frog ought to be perfectly parallel, and the bar should 

 be the widest part of the shoe, so that an extended bearing 

 may be placed upon the frog. This shoe, however, is by no 

 means safe during frost. 



CLIPS. 



These consist of portions of the upper edge of the shoe, 

 hammered out, and turned up so as to embrace the lower 

 surface of the crust, which must be a little pared out so as 

 to receive the clip. The chief use of the clip is to give 



