260 THE PRACTICE OF SHOEING. 



ment, as they permit the frog to come to the ground and check 

 slipping. 



The quarters of the tip must be fitted ' full,' otherwise 

 the foot is apt to suffer, the horn s]_ reading over the tip 

 and splitting off. The tip illustrated is broader than usual 

 It is intended for a rather weak, fleshy foot, with thin 

 quarters. 



10. SIR F. FITZWYGRAM'8 SHOE. 



The web of the shoe is not wider than the weight bearing 

 surface and is of even width until it approaches the heel, 

 where the inner margin exactly follows the course of the bars, 

 on which it rests. The ground surface of the shoe is dished 

 evenly from without inwards, corresponding in shape to the 



Fig. 261. — Sir F. I'itzwygram's shoe. 



concavity of the sole. There are five nail holes, three outside 

 and two inside. About half the width of the toe is thinned 

 on the beak of the anvil and rolled upwards, forming a kind of 

 broad clip extending almost from the beginning of the inside 

 quarter to a corresponding point on the outside. In fitting, 

 the toe of the foot is rounded to a similar extent. 



