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strongly base-narrow. Punching: the nail-holes in the outer 

 branch should be crowded towards the toe and, under certain 

 conditions, punched deeper than the wall is thick, on account 

 of the greater width of this branch ; in the inner branch the 

 nail-holes are to be distributed back to the quarter and punched 

 light (see Fig. 118). Length will depend upon the obliquity 

 of the hoof. The outer branch should be about one-fourth of 

 an inch longer than the inner. 



6. 8hoe for ci Wide Hoof. — Somewhat wider webbed (more 



Fig. 117. 



Fig. 118. 



A right front shoe for a base-wide (toe- 

 wide) hoof. The inner branch should be 

 about one-fourth of an inch longer than 

 the outer. 



A right front shoe for a base-narrow 

 (toe-narrow) hoof. The outer branch is 

 wider and one-fourth of an inch longer 

 than the inner. 



covered) than usual. Outer edge: bevelled under the foot all 

 around (base-narrow). Punching: nail-holes carried back into 

 the posterior half of the shoe (see Fig. 119). Length will 

 depend upon the obliquity of the hoof. 



Y. Shoe for a Narrow Hoof. — Outer edge: moderately 

 bevelled under the foot at the toe (base-narrow), elsewhere 

 perpendicular. Distribution of the nail-holes : regular. Direc- 

 tion of the nail-holes: perpendicular and towards the quarters, 

 inclining somewhat outward. The holes about the toe incline 



