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THE PRACTICE OF SHOEING. 



below the shoe. In such case it should be reduced to a level 

 with the shoe by the aid of the rasp. 



When shoeino- weak feet the first and chief consideration is 

 the form of the foot as seen from the side. As the tip is not 

 then embedded, it is apt to raise the toe and by throwing the 



Fig. 257.— Special knife with stop used in preparing the groove for Charlier tips. 



hoof out of line with the axis of the foot to injure the animal's 

 action. The horse is liable to stumble and fall or to go lame, 

 especially when ridden on hard ground. To meet peculiarities 

 in the formation of the limb, the form of the hoof, the style of 

 the tread and wear, the tip may, in exceptional cases, require 

 to be modified, one branch to be longer than the other, or both 

 branches to be lengthened. 



An offspring of the Charlier shoe, and one which preserves 

 many of its best features, is : — 



(2) The Charlier tip, which consists of a thin half shoe, not 

 exceeding in breadth that of the wall into which it is sunk, 



Fig. 258.— Hoof prepared for Charlier tip. Fig. 259.— Hoof shod with Cliarlier tip. 



usually fullered and exhibiting from four to five nail holes. 

 The outer margin is either perpendicular or slightly sloped out- 

 wards and the inner upper margin well rounded off; the nail 

 holes are punched as near the middle as possible and are 



