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shoe is one in which the seating is so extensive that only the outer edge 

 Object of of the wall takes a bearing. The object of seating is to take pressure 

 "seating." ofifthe sole, and when this is flat it becomes a necessity, but as the sole 

 of the healthy foot is slightly arched, except at its outer edge, it is not 

 requisite in the great majority of cases. In practically all heavy draught 

 horses, however, seating of the fore shoes is the rule, presumably in order 

 to legislate for all classes of feet by one pattern of shoe. A seated foot 

 surface cannot offer as solid and extensive bearing as a flat one, and for 

 army purposes should be avoided. Dirt gathers between sole and shoe, 

 and in deep ground it is more likely to be sucked off. 



Fig. 46. 

 Diagram to show bearing (in section) of a seated shoe. 



Fullering 

 " Stamped " 

 nail holes. 



As a rule, the heels of seated shoes are left flat, no alteration being 

 required in this situation. 



Fullering is a groove on the ground surface of the shoe in which the 

 nail holes are placed. Nail holes which are not in a fullering, but are 

 pierced through the whole thickness of the web, are called " stamped" A 

 double fullering may be seen on some patterns, the second groove lying 

 towards the inner edge of the web, and not containing any nail holes ; 

 this pattern is known as a " Rodway " shoe. The arguments which have 

 been advanced in favour of fullering are : — (i) that by breaking the broad, 

 smooth surface of the web into two narrow edges it gives a better foothold 

 and so prevents slipping ; (2) that it can be made the exact shape of a 

 section of the nail used, thus ensuring perfect fitting of the latter, and further, 



