TIACIXG AND HACK SHOES FOR SEVERE CASES OF CUTTING. 299 



The objections to it are, the narrowness of its inside foot 

 surface, which becomes imbedded in the foot after two or three 

 weeks' wear, and may loosen the wall at the inside quarter or 

 heel, and the fact that, as the fullering extends round the 

 toe, a sharp knife-like edge is produced capable of inflicting 

 very severe injury on the heel of the fore-foot in case of the 

 horse overreaching. 



FEATHER-EDGED FULLERED CONCAVE 

 FORE SHOE (Fig. 298). 



Made in concave tool from -| X \ inch iron or steel. 



This shoe, being very light, is suitable for steeplechasers, 

 or light-weight hunters, which are exercised on grass. The 

 inside is hammered or chamfered down to a very narrow 

 ground surface, although the foot surface of the inside of shoe 

 is preserved of equal or, if anything, of greater width than 

 that of the outside. The inside of shoe exhibits one nail hole 

 only, and is fitted very fine. Sometimes it is possible to stamp 

 a second nail hole, but the nail heads must then be rasped off 

 flush after nailing on the shoe. 



The above is a useful shoe for horses which forge badly 

 and cut the opposite leg. If the horse is used on the road, the 

 shoe must be of steel. The fullering is produced by a ridge in 

 the groove of the concave tool. 



CONCAVE THREE-QUARTER HIND SHOE 



(Fig. 299). 



Made in concave tool from -| x -J- inch iron. 



In some cases of cutting, as, for instance, when the cutting 

 part is near the heel, this shoe is very effective. Having no 

 nail holes at the toe, it can also be well ' set-back ' at that 

 point, in the event of the horse overreaching, and on account of 



