SHOEINC^. 



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away to level it to tluj proper propoi'tion, and the faults, if uny, 

 that can ]>e moditieJ or corrected. If the horse travels high, the 

 shoes must he light ; if low 

 and subject to stumbling, 

 they may be increased in 

 weight a little, and the toe 

 somewhat rounded; if lia- 

 ble to strike, then set close 

 under the wall with edges 

 filed smooth. 



It is not the business of 

 the Avriter to say what in- 

 struments should be used 

 for doing this, the buttress, 

 drawing-knife, or rasp, or 

 each alternately; the point, 

 is to cut away or remove 

 the surplus growth in the 

 easiest and best manner, 

 which depends more upon 

 the deftness and ineenuitv of the man 



Fig. 450.- 



-Location of nail-iKuo ni :iu 

 ordinarv flat shoo. 



than upon, the use of 

 any special means. The but- 

 tress, in the hands of a nmn 

 Avho knows how to use it-, can- 

 not reasonably be objected to, 

 next to which a good sharp 

 rasp is advisable. The wall 

 should be reduced to nearly or 

 (j[uite on a level with the outer 

 margin of the sole, providing 

 the sole has not been cut away 

 too much. As a rule, the less 

 taken away fiom the foot the 

 better, except for special rea- 

 sons, which will be explained 

 hereafter. The bearing sur- 

 face of the entire wall should 

 be made level, so tliat an even bearing surface of the shoe will rest 

 upon it fully. The rasp should now be passed around the toe, to 



Fir, 



460. — An ordinary flat- shoe 

 nailed on. 



