SECTIONS OF ROLLED BAR IROX. 



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Fig. 76.— Bev- 

 elled bar.* 



SO secure in a fullered as in a plain stamped shoe, and the dura- 

 bility is less, it is not so useful for horses in very heavy work. 



Fig. 76. Plain bevelled bar is made in sizes from £ x y"g- 

 inch to 1^ X "I inch, and is used for making plain 

 stamped shoes, the bevelling saving labour in 

 seatino- out. It serves for shoes for all horses in 

 medium and heavy draught, and is especially use- 

 ful for defective feet on account of the facility with which plain 

 shoes can be fitted. This subject will be referred to later when 

 speaking of stamped shoes. 



Figs. 77 and 78. Concave iron is made in sizes from 

 inch to 1-1- X |- inch and is used for 

 hacks and hunters, occasionally for 

 carriage horses, which must, how- 

 ever, have strong feet and well 



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Figs. 77 and 78.— Concave bar.* 



arched soles. Section 77 has rather less hold on the ground 

 than section 78, but wears correspondingly longer. On account 

 of the shape of its inner margin, the latter is best suited for 

 horses which foroe. 



Fic^. 79. Plain concave bar, sizes from 



^ X -L 



S -^ 2 



inch 



Fig. 79.— Plain 

 concave bar.* 



inch, useful for ponies, hacks, and hunters. When 



nail holes are stamped in this iron the outer wall 



becomes vertical, so that a bevelled edge is only left 



inside. Horses shod with it require, on account of 



the narrow bearing surface, specially strong feet with arched 



sole and strong wall. 



Fig. 80. Corrugated ' Grip ' iron, sizes f x y^ inch to 1^ x ^ 

 inch, useful for horses in medium draught. 

 This iron is less liable to break than other 

 sections with cross depressions, but should 

 only be used on strong feet, as the nails 

 cannot be placed just where needed,' and 

 (owing to the projections) cannot be so 

 well driven home as in plain shoes. 



Fig. 81. Charlier steel, sizes from -| x 

 For Charlier shoes only. 



Figs. 82 and 83. Pacing plate steel; 82, 

 ^ X ^ inch ; 83, |- X g; inch. This section 

 used only for actual racing. In training, light 

 fullered shoes are commonly employed. 



Fig. so.— Corru- 

 gated ' Grip ' 

 bar.* 



FIG. 81. — 

 Charlier 

 steel bar.* 



4 



inch to I 



1 



inch. 



Figs. 82 and 83 — 

 Racing plate steel.* 



