KACING AND HACK SHOES FOR CUTTING, FORGING, ETC. 297 



FULLERED FEATHER-EDGE CONCAVE FORE SHOE 



(Fig. 294). 



Made from -^^ X ^ inch iron. 



This is a very light pattern shoe, suitable for a steeplechase 

 horse that requires a feather-edged shoe, or for a hunter which 

 wears little and has a fairly strong foot. The lightness of the 

 shoe is, in itself, a powerful factor in lessening the chance of 

 a horse cutting ; and the toe-nail being placed well forward and 

 close to the clip, the shoe can be fitted ' fine ' at the inside toe. 



If made of steel this shoe often cures cases where a horse 

 both ' cuts ' and * forc^es.' 



It may even be used for riding and harness horses with 

 strong feet. 



FULLERED HIND SHOE FOR HACK (Fig. 295). 

 Made from -^'^ X ^ inch, iron . 



This shoe is for cases where it becomes necessary to nail the 

 shoe back at the inside heel, as when the toe is defective from 

 having been worn away by ' forging,' or wlien the horse cuts at 

 the inside toe, so that nails either cannot be inserted at that 

 point, or the fitting has to be so very ' fine ' that some other 

 device seems preferable. The outside calkin is perhaps not an 

 advantage. Calkins seem to displace the centre of gravity of 

 the body in a forward direction or, in simple language, throw 

 the weight of the l^ody further forward : hence the offending 

 foot is able to reach further. Whether the reader accept this 

 explanation or not, it is at least certain that some horses which 

 forge when shod with calkins cease to do so when shod flat 

 (behind). Of course flat shoes should not be used when the 

 horse suffers from curb, etc. 



Clips are placed at the outside toe and inside heel. The 

 three inside naiWioles can, if preferred, be stamped without 

 fullering. 



