568 BUKEAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 



support of the foot must be widened, und where the least weight falls 

 (opposite side of the ho(jf) the surface of support should be narrowed. 

 In this wa}' the improper distribution of weight within the hoof is 

 evenl}" distributed over the surface of support. 



(2) A slwefor a hase-wide Acr?/* should be fitted full on the inner side 

 of the foot and fitted close on the outer side, because the inner side 

 bears the most wejght. The nails in the outer branch are placed well 

 back, but in the inner branch are crowded forward toward the toe. 



(3) A shoe for a 'base-narrow /lo^y should bo just the reverse of the 

 preceding. The outer branch should be somewhat longer than the 

 inner. 



(■i) A shoe for an acute-angled hoof should be long in the branches, 

 because most of the weight falls in the posterior half of the foot. 

 The support in front should be diminished either by turning the shoe 

 up at the toe or by beveling it under the toe (fig. ha). 



Fig. 8. — Side view of hoof and shoe shown in fig. 7. Note tlie straight toe, weak ring formation 

 running parallel to the coronet, clinches low down und on a level, length of the shoe, and the 

 under-bevel at the toe and heel. 



(5) A shoe for a stumpy Aw;/* should be short in the branches, and 

 for pronounced cases should increase the support of the toe, where 

 the most of the weight falls, by being beveled downward and 

 forward. 



In many cases, especiall}^ in draft horses whore the hoofs stand very 

 close together, the coronet of the outer quarter is found to stand out 

 beyond the lower border of the quarter. In such cases the outer 

 l)ranch of the shoe from the last nail back must be fitted so full that 

 an imaginary perpendicular dropped from the coronet will just meet 

 the outer border of the shoe. The inner branch, on the other hand, 

 must be fitted as "close" as possible. The principal thought should 

 be to set the new shoe farther toward the more strongly worn side. 

 Such a practice will i^ender unnecessary the widespread and popular 

 fad of giving the outer quarter and heel calk of hind shoes an extreme 

 outward bend. Care should be taken, however, that in fitting the 



