ARTISTIC HORSE- SHOEING. 4:5 



with the most satisfactory^ results. Some horses will not 

 stand it, hut others will. 



HALF-BAR SHOE FOR THE FRONT FOOT. 



Fig. 14 represents a half-har shoe. This shoe can be made 

 from machine-made shoes sometimes, hut generally I turn 



Fig. 14— Half-Bar Shoe. 



m^^ own shoes. A, shows the point where the hend should 

 be made to form the half-har. Shape the shoe so that the 

 half-har will press on one-half of the frog. In cases where 

 one quarter is broken down or wired in, this shoe can be 

 set to very great advantage. The other side of the shoe of 

 course should be shaped in the usual Avay. 



In cases of bad quarter crack where the trouble is all on 

 one side I use this shoe. I also use it for bad cases of corns. 



