SHOES AND SHOEING 



the shoes from being torn off during jumping, &c. 

 The hind shoes may have calkings, but the toe of 

 the shoe should be rounded and have two toe- 

 clips, whereas the fore shoes should have one 

 toe-clip, these being the type of shoes in general 

 use for hunters. Master farriers purchase the 

 fullered iron in lengths, though some prefer 

 to buy machine-made hunting shoes, the manu- 

 facture of which has almost reached perfection. 

 In some hunting-studs, steel is used for the shoes, 

 but such is exceptional. If a hunter is given 

 to brushing, the best plan is to shoe it with 

 two small square calkings, along with close 

 fitting of the shoe, and the reduction of the 

 hoof-wall, on the inner side of the foot, to its 

 lowest possible limit. Never allow the shoes 

 to remain on longer than about three weeks, 

 as the growth of the hoof displaces the shoe 

 from the position occupied when the animal 

 was last shod. It is spurious economy to allow 

 a hunter's foot to remain without removal 

 of the shoes longer than the prescribed period. 

 The shoeing of hunters, with leathers, is 

 occasionally adopted, though usually for the 

 purpose of disguising some tenderness of the 



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