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ARTISTIC HORSE-SHOEING. 



shell as thick again as light colored feet. 



A white foot 



witii a dark streak or a dark foot with a light streak can 

 stand more banging, go barefooted longer, and is far 

 tougher than any other kind of a foot. 



SHOE WITH PORTION OF HOOF CLINGING TO IT. 



Fig. 61 represents a shoe and a piece of foot that has 

 been pulled otf from the horse. When this happens it is 



Fig. 61. — Shoe with Portion of Hoof Clinging to it. 



caused by I'asping too much with the corner of the rasp 

 under, the clinches. The outside crust or wall should be 

 subjected to just as little rasping and filing as possible. It 

 should be understood that the sliell of the foot is not very 

 thick. A man cannot file with tlie corner of a rasp 

 under the clinches and make a groove big enough for a 

 canal boat to run in without getting the whole shell off. 



With the ordinary method of clinching by rasping a 

 groove under the clinch, if the horse gets his shoe off he is 



