208 HORSESHOEING. 



sole, and bulbs; the frog is absent. The wall is considerably 

 thinner than that of the horse's hoof, the sole is thin, and the 

 bulbs are low. Eor these reasons the shoe designed for a 

 claw must be thin, but wide. 



The holes must be punched fine and the nails be quite 

 (short and strong. On each shoe a long tongue should be made 

 on the inner edge near the toe, and so directed that it can be 

 turned upward and outward to embrace the toe of the claw. 



Fig. 226. 



A small clip raised on the outer toe of each shoe will increase 

 its stability. In some parts of Saxony the shoes are so made 

 that the tongue of each shoe begins in the rear third of its 

 inner edge and runs forward, upward, and outward, closely 

 embracing the wall of the toe. The smaller clip is drawn up 

 on the outer edge of the shoe close to the toe. These shoes 

 are more difficult to make, but when applied sit more firmly 

 and remain fast longer than all others. Machine-made ox 

 shoes (Fig. 227) have no clip at the inner toe, and are fre- 



