284 FORGING AND CUTTING. 



SPECIAL SHOES FOE HORSES THAT FORGE. 



FULLERED HIND SHOE FOR HARNESS HORSE WHICH 

 FORGES AND WEARS WALL OF HIND-FOOT 



(Fig. 276). 



Made from f X ^ inch iron. 



Horses that forge sometimes wear away the toe of the hind- 

 foot to a very considerable extent, owing apparently to the front 

 of toe of the fore foot striking that of the hind in mid-air. The 

 point worn varies in position, being sometimes low down, near 

 the shoe, sometimes close to the coronet. The shoe illustrated 

 is intended to prevent wear close to the ground surface. A long, 

 broad, stout clip is drawn (with the face of the hammer), which 

 protects the point of impact. The heels of the shoe are Hat or 

 may be slightly thinned. 



In this connection it may be pointed out that ' forging ' is 

 not always caused in one way ; sometimes the toe of the hind- 

 foot strikes the inner margin of the fore shoe, sometimes the 

 toe walls of the fore-foot. It is for the latter condition that 

 this shoe is intended. 



DIAMOND-TOED FULLERED HIND SHOE FOR 

 HARNESS HORSE (Fig. 277). 



Made from J X ^ inch iron. 



As a preventive of forging, few shoes are more etiicient 

 than the diamond-toed. The heels of the shoe are thinned 

 down to about |- of an inch. It may be laid down as a general 

 principle that (hind) shoes with calkins, as compared with flat 

 shoes, and flat shoes as compared with thin heeled shoes, favour 

 forging. Horse-dealers often object to this shoe as drawing 

 attention to a defect, and it may then be replaced by a shoe 



