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THE ART OF HORSE-SHOEING. 



The concave slioe, often described as a hunting-shoe, 

 presents a very different ground-surface from that just 

 referred to. It rests upon two ridges with the fullering 



Fio, 37.— Concave ground-surface. 



between, and on the inner side of tliese the iron is sud- 

 denly slopea off. This shoe is narrow and flat on the 

 foot-surface, and is specially formed to give a good foot- 

 hold and to be secure on the hoof. 



Flo. 38.— Double-grooved ground- surface. 



A Rodway shoe has two longitudinal grooves and 

 three ridges on its ground-surface. The outer groove 



