Plate 11. 



Fig. 1 represents the side view of a near hind shoe, and shows 

 a flat, even surface for the crust to hear upon all round the 

 shoe to the heels ; it also shoius the thickened toe with a 

 small clip in the centre, and the raised heels following the 

 sweep of the heels of the hoof, the last inch being plane ivith 

 the ground, and the two heels level on the ground surface : 

 this latter is better seen in Fig. 2. 



Fig. 2 represents the ground smface of the same shoe. The 

 back edge of the toe is rounded, to guard against over-^'each : 

 the nail holes are properly placed, and pass straight through 

 the shoe: the heels are raised, and curved imvards ; and the 

 ground surface of the tivo heels is level. 



Note. The best way of raising the heels is to have the 

 last inch and a half of the heel on each side forged 

 thicker, than any other portion of the shoe ; and before 

 they are cut off, they should be made red hot, and in 

 that state put in the vice, with the hot heels standing 

 out, and beat down with a hammer, until they are reduced 

 to about an inch in length ; then the sides of each heel 

 should be hammered flat, and the foot and ground surfaces 

 made flat and level on the an\'il. 



