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it (tig. 267). The inner web, on the other hand, must be as 

 narrow as possible. The new shoe sliould be broader at the 

 point where the old shows greatest wear and may also be 

 titted fuller, i.e., be rather more bowed outwards. The nail 

 holes should be correspondingly coarser. 



This obviates the need for bendinsr outwards the outer heel. 

 The width of the web must depend on the style of tread and 

 on the wear of the old shoe. Sometimes the bearing surface 

 of the outer heel is not completely covered by the shoe and is 

 then apt to be compressed. The remedy is to widen the web. 

 We advise the adoption of a perfectly level, that is, horizontal, 



Fig. 267. — Left hind shoe for horse with turned-in toes and contraction of outer quarter 

 and heel. The shoe has feather edge and (a) quarter-clip. 



bearinii surface for contact with the wall, because it allows 

 the foot to expand to the greatest extent, and because 

 experience teaches that the hoof is thus best conserved. 

 Dominik has suggested another method, which, however, in 

 our opinion is unpractical, namely, to trim the bearing surface 

 at rifjht angles to the c^eneral direction of the wall and mve 

 the shoe a corresponding form. The upper surface of the 

 shoe, therefore, in general appears concave, shoes for flat 

 hoofs being most markedly seated, those for upright hoofs 

 less so. The system, however, has met with little acceptance. 



