298 THE PRACTICE OF SHOEING. 



CONCAVE FEATHEE-EDGED HIND SHOE 

 PARTIALLY FULLEEED (Fig. 296). 



Made in concave tool from old shoes or from ^ x i inch iron. 



This shoe has the inside edge chamfered down, is level on. 

 the ground surface, and has only one nail hole, stamped well 

 forward close to the toe-clip. The clips are not shown in 

 drawing, but are usually drawn at the toe and outside quarter, 

 the shoe being intended for use when the horse cuts badly. 

 In exceptional cases the shoe may be cut down to three 

 quarters or even less inside. 



Assuming that the horse cuts to this degree, only one nail 

 can be placed inside, and even then special care is required to 

 see that the nail is well hammered home, the clench well 

 drawn, and the head of the nail rasped off flush with the inside 

 of the shoe (i.e., the surface opposed to the injured fetlock). 

 The nail hole must not be back-pritchelled, or only very slightly 

 so, as this is a frequent cause of clenches ' rising ' when the 

 shoes become worn. 



As a very great strain falls on the single nail, it is often 

 advisable to draw a clip at the inside heel, in addition to those 

 at the toe and outside quarter. In this position the clip 

 relieves the single nail of all lateral or ' shearing ' stress, and is 

 a natural advantage. The toe of the foot may be allowed to 

 overhang that of the shoe. 



It may not be out of place to repeat that the inside margin 

 of shoe opposite the fetlock, which is struck, must be well 

 chamfered down, as shown. 



CONCAVE PAETIALLY-FULLEEED FEATHEE-EDGED 



HIND SHOE (Fig. 297). 



Made in voiuave tool from old shoes, or from |- x -J inch iron. 



To ignore this shoe might be looked upon as an oversight, 

 but although it is included its general use cannot be recom- 

 mended. The shoe is clipped at either side of the toe ; has a 

 calkin on the outside, and an inside feather-edge of equal 

 height with the calkin. 



