VI. CONTENTS. 



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The form of the shoe - - - - - 23 



Objections to thick heeled shoes - - - - ,, 



The toe turned up out of tlie line of wear - - „ 



Steel at the toe objectionable - - - - 24 



A clip at the toe desirable - - - - „ 



The shoe should not be too short - - - - „ 



A flat surface for the crust to bear upon - - - „ 

 The nail holes in the flat surface, and not partly in it and 



partly in the seating - - - - - 25 



The seating - - - - - - „ 



The ground surface - - - - - „ 



No objection to the application of a hot shoe to the foot, 



to ascertain its bearings - - - - - 26 



Reasons for removing the shoes every two or three weeks „ 



Number and situation of the nails - - - 27 



More nails, than are necessary, not merehj useless - - 29 

 Five nails suflicient for all purposes, not even excepting 



hunting - - - - - - -30 



How expansion of the foot is permitted by one-sided iiailing 32 



Corns cured by one-sided nailing with five nails - - „ 

 Evidence of a commercial traveller in favour of one-sided 



nailing with five nails - - - - - „ 



Remarks upon shoeing with leather - - - 33 



The hind slioe considered - - - - - 3.5 



Objections to the general use of " Calkins " - - 36 



Clips ------- 37 



The cause and prevention of "forging"' - - - „ 



" Over-reach," how produced, and how prevented - - 38 

 A plan for detecting the exact part of the shoe, with 



which a horse "cuts" - - - - - 39 

 Reasons against shoeing horses in the stable away from 



the forge - - - - - -40 



General observations upon shoeing himters, and plating 



race horses - - - - - -42 



The situation of the nails a common cause of horses losing 



their races - - - - - - 43 



