CHAPTEE X. 



SHOEING. 



SHOEING PLATES TIPS ON SHOES GETTING LOOSE. 



As I have discussed at some length, in my Veterinary 

 Notes for Horse Owners, the principles and practice of 

 shoeing, I need not, here, do more than recapitulate 

 what I have already written on that subject ; while 

 adding a few observations that are specially applicable 

 to India. 



Shoeing. In preparing the ordinary healthy foot, 

 it should be lowered so that the frog, wall and a portion 

 of the sole should bear weight ; while maintaining the 

 part at a proper slope about 50 degrees for the fore, 

 and 60 degrees for the hind hoofs, viewing them in 

 profile. In doing this, the sole should be left untouched 

 with the knife; except, perhaps, to ease off "the seat 

 of corn " a little. Broken or diseased portions of the 

 frog should be removed. The clenches of the old shoe 

 ought to be cut off by the buffer, without the use of 

 the rasp. 



The shoe should be as thin as possible consistent 

 with its standing wear ; and should be perfectly flat on 

 the foot surface. 



The nail-holes should be punched " coarse " (well 

 away from the edge), so that the nails may take a firm 

 hold, when the outer edge of the shoe is made to 



