118 HORSESHOEING. 



this is the shoe with a rolleid toe (rolling motion), in which the 

 toe is turned upward. A shoe is termed " trough-shaped " when 

 only the inner edge of the web rests upon the flat surface. It is 

 faulty, disturbs the stability of the foot, and shifts the weight 

 of the body too much upon the quarters. 



To front shoes we give a rolled toe (Eig. 121, rolling 

 motion), by which we mean, a more or less pronounced upward 

 turn of the toe of the shoe. Ordinarily, the toe begins to turn 

 up at the middle of the web, and should be elevated about one- 

 half the thickness of the iron. The rolled to© corresponds to 



Fig. 121. 



Shod fore-hoof viewed in profile to show the "roll" at the toe. 



the natural wear of front hoofs, facilitates the " breaking over " 

 of the feet, and insures a uniform wear of the shoe (see Fig. 

 86). The shoe is made moderately hot and placed on the foot 

 with the toe-clip against the wall exactly in front of the point 

 of the frog. The scorched horn should be repeatedly removed 

 with the rasp until a perfect-fitting bed has been made upon 

 the bearing-surface of the hoof. From the bearing-surface of 

 the shoe to the inner border of the web the iron must be free 

 from the sole around its entire circumference. The horn sole 

 should not be burnt, because the velvety tissue of the sole lies 

 immediately above it. In the region of the nail-holes the outer 

 borders of shoe and wall should correspond. The nail-holes 



