SHOES FOR CURB, STRAINED TENDONS, AND CAPPED ELBOW. 413 



PATTEN HIND SHOE (Fig. 395). 

 Made from J X |- inch iron. 



The shoe from which this iUustration is made was for a foot 

 4j inches in width. The patten is 4 inches in height, and has 

 two holes in the uprights through which straps are passed and 

 secured, through the medium of a pad, above the hock. The 

 pad which is fixed on the hock has a buckle on either side to 

 receive the straps. 



This shoe is for cases where the flexor tendons of the hind 

 leg have been partially divided, as happens in race horses when 

 they are struck by the fore-foot of the animal immediately 

 following, and in other animals under a variety of circumstances. 

 The horse must necessarily be placed in slings. 



FULLERED SEATED FORE SHOE (Fig. 396). 



Made from -g- X ^ inch iron. 



To prevent horses bruising their elbows, and so producing 

 the unsightly swelling termed capped elbow, the shoes must be 

 sloped off very obliquely at the heels, which should be kept of 

 a rounded form, and should closely follow the contour of the 

 foot, i.e., should be fitted ' fine.' This is, in fact, one of the few 

 conditions in which 'fine ' fitting at the heels is necessary or 

 desirable. 



