324 INFLAMMATION OF THE HOOF. 



CONCAVE BAE FOEE SHOE (Fig. 314). 

 Made in concave tool from g- X ^ inch iron. 



This is a bar shoe for hunters suffering from sandcrack or 

 any of the other conditions in which bar shoes seem indicated. 

 Although it is often stated that bar shoes are inappHcable to 

 hunters as they are sure to be torn off, the experience of the 

 authors is to the contrary, and Mr Wheatley has on many 

 occasions appKed them with success. 



Special precautions, however, are necessary. The shoe must 

 be drawn from the centre of the quarter towards the bar until the 

 extreme posterior part is only about -|- inch in thickness, and the 

 bar must not project even a fraction of an inch behind the heels. 



To obtain the best results the heels must be fitted ' full ' on 

 either side, and the upper outer edge hot-rasped to the dimen- 

 sions of the foot, so as to present an oblique bevelled margin 

 about X6 ^^ i^ '^^'^^^ wide. There is then no danger of the shoe 

 being trodden off. 



