228 THE PRACTICE OF SHOEING. 



CONCAVE PAKTIALLY-FULLEKED HIND SHOE 



(Fig. 222). 



Made in concave tool from f X J inch iron or from old slioes. 



This is a useful shoe for a horse that cuts and drives back 

 or ' spreads ' his shoes. It is for a narrower foot than that 

 preceding and is made by a different workman, as is apparent 

 from the shape and fullering. 



The shoe has a toe and quarter clip and a calkin outside. 

 When single calkins are not higher than the knocked-up portion 

 of the opposite limb of shoe, they do little harm, and for certain 

 kinds of country are probably an advantage, inasmuch as they 

 minimise the tendency to side-slips. These concave feather- 

 edged shoes, with the inside chamfered down, are tooled out to 

 the heel on the inside ; the chamfering is done on the anvil 

 afterwards. As this draws down the parts {i.e., makes them 

 longer), it is necessary, in turning the shoe, to leave more iron 

 at the outer than at the inner side, otherwise a portion has to 

 be cut off after the inside is finished, thus wasting material. 



CHARLIER HIND SHOE (Fig. 223). 

 Made from Charlier steel -pg- inch square. 



This is a companion shoe to the Charlier fore shoe described 

 elsewhere. Being light and level on the ground surface, it is 

 useful in cases of cutting, and for a similar reason it often 

 checks or prevents forging. Horses which kick much in the 

 stable and get their shoes off are often shod in this way, as the 

 heels of the shoe can be sloped off, and the chance of their 

 catching in boards, etc., minimised. 



Clips may be drawn at the toe, at each side of the toe, at 

 the toe and quarter, or toe and inside heel. Owing to the 

 light section of iron, some care is needed to prevent the outer 

 edge of the shoe bulging when nail holes are being stamped. 



