THE SHORT AND INC RUSTED SHOE. 



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only needed to sustain the wall; the shoe should also be 

 flexible. As is customary, 

 the excess of crust should 

 be removed, observing, 

 however, to leave a little 

 more than usual in order to 

 imbed the semi-circle in it ; 

 then to apply this, a groove 

 is made in the middle of the ^^- '^* 



wall of the foot to the depth of the shoe, so that it may 

 lie therein, and the outer edge of the crust project beyond 

 it all round, to facilitate its being worn on the road. The 

 two ends of the shoe ought to be incrusted in the heels, 

 as this is productive of two mutual advantages : one, that 

 the wall should preserve the thin shoe from too rapid 

 wear, and the other, that the shoe prevents the hoof from 

 breaking, or too much attrition (fig. 185). This mode 

 of shoeing is advantageous for 

 saddle-horses ; it would be also 

 good for draught-horses, did the 

 shoes stand wear long enough. 

 I have seen many horses go with 

 these shoes for three weeks; of 

 course, the less work they did 

 the longer the shoes would last. 

 I may mention, however, that 

 there is a more convenient mode 

 of shoeing draught-horses ; this is with a shoe that is 

 bedded (enclave) in the whole thickness of the wall, ob- 

 serving to leave it projecting in its entire contour. This 

 shoe may be termed /e croi.smnt enclave (the imbedded 



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