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toe should be well rounded and somewhat blunt so that the 

 horn of the toe will project beyond the shoe an amount equal to 

 one-half the thickness of the wall. Width, somewhat less than 

 the front shoe. The branches are of equal thickness, and should 

 carry heel calks whose height equals the thickness of the 

 shoe. To guard against interfering the inside calk may be 

 omitted and the innei* branch thickened, fitted snug and bevelled 

 strongly base-narrow. Clips are to be placed at inner and outer 

 toes. Seven nails are sufficient. 



The shoes for hunters do not differ materially from those 

 suitable for Park Hacks. The hunter's shoes are somewhat 

 lighter, and to g-uard against injury to the feet by over-reaching 

 and interfering, and against the shoes being pulled by stiff mire 

 and by treading, the shoes must represent merely a prolongation 

 of the hoofs, i.e., must be no longer and no wider than the hoofs 

 themselves. The front shoe of narrow, convex iron is rolled at 

 the toe and has a central toe clip. Forging heel calks are 

 advisable. 



The hind shoe is set back at the toe, carries inner and outer 

 toe clips, an outer heel calk and an inner interfering branch. 

 Seven nails. 



Shoeing Runners. 



Racing plates are intended solely to prevent excessive wear 

 and breaking away of the wall, and to insure a secure foothold 

 upon the ground. The shoes are made as light as possible, 

 but they must not be so narrow and thin that they will bend 

 or break. They are therefore made of steel, wide enough to 

 cover the bearing surface of the wall, white line, and an eighth 

 of an inch of the sole. The ground surface is divided into two 

 sharjD edge's by a deep, clean, fullering continued entirely 

 around the shoe. Heel calks are of no advantage. Front and 

 hind shoes carry six nails. The last nails are well back in the 

 quarters to prevent the spreading or bending of the light shoe. 

 Front shoes are provided -with central toe-clips ; hind shoes 



