SHOEING loi 



surfaces of the wall at the bulges so as to be flush with 

 the ground-meeting surface of the heels. 



INTERFERING 



To be a good horseshoer, a man must have a nat- 

 urally correct eye, which will enable him to tell whether 

 a foot is absolutely level, and not in the least higher on 

 one side or the other. Most cases of interfering can 

 be cured by a really skilful smith who has an eye and 

 a hand that enable him to give the foot of the horse an 

 absolutely correct bearing. It often happens that a 

 horse that has been shod with an assortment of queer- 

 shaped shoes to prevent interfering, all of which have 

 failed, can at once be cured of the trouble by a really 

 good mechanic who fits the horse with a shoe that has 

 no obvious peculiarity whatever. Beware of the horse- 

 shoer who tries to prevent interfering by using shoes 

 of fantastic shape. 



Interfering can often be prevented by making the 

 outside web of the shoe on the offending foot a little 

 heavier or wider than the other side of the shoe. 



CAUSES OF BAD SHOEING 



A great deal of bad shoeing, especially In cities, is 

 due to haste and carelessness. The owner of the hor?e 

 sends the animal to the forge by a boy; and the smith, 

 being in a hurry and perhaps being crowded with work, 

 as always happgis when the going is bad, shoes the horse 

 carelessly, and when the horse comes home there is 

 nobody at hand to look at his feet, and consequently, 

 no matter how bad the shoeing may be, nothing will 

 be done about It until the horse goes lame. In some 



