226 'THE PRACTICE OF SHOEING. 



CONCAVE PAETIALLY-FULLEKED HIND SHOE 



(Fig. 220). 



Made in concave tool from ^ X |- inch iron or {preferahly) 



from old shoes. 



This shoe is intended for a hunter that cuts his fetlock joints 

 and, at the same time, overreaches. It is level on the ground- 

 surface, is fullered on the outside, and two nails are stamped at 

 the inside heel. Clips are drawn at the outside toe and inside 

 heel. The inside edge is chamfered down, and hot rasped off. 



The shoe must be fitted straight across the toe, which must 

 be well set back, and the inside toe fitted very fine. The 

 clenches of the heel nails inside must be well drawn down on 

 the pincers, and the heads of the nails rasped off level with 

 the shoe. 



CONCAVE PAETIALLY-FULLERED HIND SHOE 



(Fig. 221). 



Made of ^ x ^ inch iron in concave tool. 



This shoe has the inside chamfered down, and two nail 

 holes stamped at the inside toe. It is useful for horses that 

 cut or brush their hind fetlock joints. Having a calkin on 

 the outside heel, it gives the horse a good grip of the ground. 

 As the calkin enters the ground, the balance of the foot is 

 not disturbed to any appreciable extent, and in this case its 

 advantages far outweigh its drawbacks. 



The illustration does not show them, but clips can be drawn 

 at the toe and outside quarter, or on either side of the toe, as 

 is usual among hunters ; the former method is preferable, as it 

 prevents the shoe driving back. It is also of great advantage 

 when the horse cuts ' between hair and hoof,' as it allows the 

 inside toe and quarter (i.e., the parts with which injury is most 

 often inflicted) to be fitted very close. In such case a single 

 inside nail hole near the toe-clip is preferable to the two 



