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do more than refer to his half-circle shoeing, which was 

 intended, like that of his parent, to prevent horses from 

 slipping on the stones : 



' Half-circle shoeing for Carriage Horses. As the 

 preceding method of shoeing would not prevent the horse 

 from slipping when he first places his foot on slippery 

 ground, seeing that the toe comes down before the other 

 parts, and that is entirely covered with iron, we use a half- 

 circle shoe. This ought to be on the sides from the nail- 

 holes more exact than the foot, and put on in such a 

 manner that the whole of the crust projects beyond one- 

 half of its thickness around its circumference. 



' After reasonably shortening the foot with the corner 

 of the boutoir, a groove is made within the wall adjoining 

 the horny sole ; into this channel the hot shoe is fitted. 

 It is afterwards attached with small nails, whose heads are 

 to be half buried in the holes, and the sharp margin of 

 the crust is to be rasped away, to prevent chipping of the 

 horn. With this shoeing, the horse goes on the whole of 

 the crust, either in ascending or descending. 



' ^ third kind of half-circle shoeing Jor Saddle Horses. 

 The half-circle or shoe ought to be from two to three 

 lines in width, and one and a half in thickness. It ought 

 to have 10 holes equally distributed and counter-pierced 

 on the same side ; consequently, the nails should be very 

 small. It is placed in the same manner as the preceding, 

 from which it only differs in width and in having one hole 

 more. A horse shod in this manner is lighter ; his move- 

 ments are more elastic, firmer on a dry slippery pavement, 

 and are more agreeable to the rider.' 



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