282 HOW TO SHOE A HORSE. 



the bar nearly to the frog, so that there maj be no danger 

 of its pressing on the "corn j^lace" or angles between the 

 bar and the crust. 4th. It should, in no part, extend be- 

 yond the outer edge of the crust, lest it strike against the 

 opposite leg when the horse is travelling, or be stepped 

 on by another horse, or be drawn off by a heavy soil. 



Such a shoe, and its position on the foot, is shown in 

 figure 11. 



Fig. 11. 

 Represents the foot with the shoe rendered trauspareut, showing what parts of the foot 

 are covered and protected by bringing in the heels of the shoe. 



a a a. The crust, with the shoo closely fitted all round. 



h b. The bars, protected by the shoe. 



c c. The heels, supported by the shoe. 



d. The situation of corns protected from injury. 



The shoe should be made as nearly of this form as the 

 shape of the foot will allow ; but one niust never lose sight 

 of the fact that the shoe is made for the foot, and not the 

 foot for the shoe, and that it is eminently proper to make 

 the shoe to lit the natural form of tlie foot, instead, as is 

 too often the case, of paring, burning, and rasping the foot, 

 until it fits the shoe, which is made to suit the ideas of the 



