ARTISTIC HORSE-SHOEING. 



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at least from one-half to one inch long-er. If this is not 

 done the horse will have a tendency to rock back and then 

 this causes knee springing- or knuckling-. 



Short shoes ai-e a great mistake in shoeing horses with 

 calks. 



BAR SHOE. 



Fig. 12 shows a bar shoe which is the nearest approach to 



Fig. 12.— Bar Shoe. 



nature in my opinion that we can get. When no shoes are 

 used the weight of the animal comes largely on the frog 

 which^ as is well known, acts as a sort of cusluon to relieve 

 the pressure on the foot. When a bar shoe is used in shoe- 

 ing, the bar presses on the frog and we get practically the 



