HUNTING SHOES. 22S 



SPECIAL SEOES FOR HUNTERS. 



FULLEEED SEATED FORE SHOE (Fig. 216). 

 Made of^x^ inch iron. 



This shoe is useful for hunters with fleshy soles, or for 

 animals with wide feet and slightly-dropped soles. It should 

 not be seated out much on the foot surface. Many animals 

 forge in going, but on account of their feet being weak, and on 

 account of the difficulty of ' boxing-up ' a concave shoe to any 

 great extent at the quarters and heels, they must be shod with 

 a fullered shoe, as this can be fitted comparatively ' full ' at the 

 heels. To prevent the square toe of the hind striking the 

 inside margin of the fore shoe, and thus producing noise or 

 tearing off the shoe, this fullered shoe is filed out around the 

 inside of the toe and quarters. The more marked the sound, 

 the more should the quarters be filed out. The shoe is most 

 useful for hunters which are exercised on roads, though on 

 account of its giving an appearance of strength to a really 

 weak foot, without at the same time proving heavy, it is often 

 used for show purposes. For ordinary work, as on carriage 

 horses which require cover, and which forge slightly, this shoe 

 might with advantage carry seven instead of five nail holes. 



CONCAVE PARTIALLY-FULLEKED 'DUB-TOED' 

 FOEE SHOE (Fig. 217). 



Made from :f X ^ inch iron. 



This shoe is indicated for ' stale ' hunters, broken-kneed 

 horses, animals which catch the toe and trip, and in some 

 cases for horses with contracted flexor tendons. Before fitting 

 the shoe, the toe of the foot must be well-rounded with the 

 rasp. 



In making the shoe, about two and a half inches of the toe 

 are left solid {i.e., is not fullered). This portion is somewhat 



