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WINTER SHOEING. 



For making the holes in the shoe a special stamp (see fig. 

 109) is employed. The shoe being at a red heat, the stamp is 

 applied at the proper point on the lower surface, and driven 

 through half the thickness of the shoe in a vertical direction ; 

 the stamp is then slightly inclined, and with a few more blows 

 of the hammer is caused to emerge at the upper and outer 

 edge. The hole is then punched back so as to leave a clear 

 passage, and when the shoe is cold, any burr is filed off. Two 

 holes are punched in each limb of the shoe. 



To prevent the holes being filled up or burred over, Del- 

 perier uses two forms of nail, one for ordinary and one for 

 frosty weather. As the nails are disposed at similar points in 

 each half of the shoe, the balance is in nowise altered, and 

 this method is now extensively used in Paris and other large 

 towns throughout the year. 



In use the nails are slipped into the holes, driven home 

 and tlie shank turned down on the outer ed^e of the shoe. If 



Fig. 107.— Stamp for Delperier's FiG. 108.— Section of shoe with Delperier's 



frost uail. uail inserted. 



the shoe be thin, it may be necessary to cut the shank some- 

 what shorter, just as the point of an ordinary horse nail is cut 

 before forming the clench. 



2. Roughing by Means of Sharp Heels and Toes. 



The outer heel is ' steeled,' then drawn down, and sharpened 

 on the anvil at a right angle to the web of the shoe (fig. 109). 



