134 



HORSESHOEING. 



Before fitting the shoe the rope must be removed. After 

 the nails are driven it is laid in the groove and hammered into 



Fig. 141. 



Fig. 142. 



Fig. 143. 



Bar rope shoe with bar 

 bent forward. 



The same with bar 

 bent backward. 



The same with beak- 

 formed bar. 



Fig. 144. 



An open rope shoe. 



place. Rope shoes can seldom be fitted properly to hoofs other 

 than those which are healthy and of regular shape. 



Fiber Shoes. — These have a groove 



on the ground surface into which layers 



of linen fiber belting have been tightly 



pressed. The fiber cannot be removed, 



and therefore the shoes cannot be heated, 



but must be fitted cold. The nail-holes 



are placed between the fiber and the 



outer border of the shoe, and are punched 



too light. The bearing surface of the 



shoe is unsupported, 'so that when the 



shoe is half worn out, it warps. There 



is no distinction between rights and lefts. 



Rubber shoes have all the defects of fiber shoes, and one 



more. The hoof surface is covered with canvas, which under 



normal and acute-angled hoofs wears through under the quarters 



and leads to loosening of the last nails. 



