SHOEING. 



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or raised catches on the inner branch, and thickened on the 

 heel of the same side; 9. A shoe which has the inside heel and 

 quarter much thicker and nar- 

 rower than usual ; 10. A shoe 

 with crests or point toward the 

 ground surface on the toe and 

 quarter, and barbettes at the 

 heels ; 1 1. A shoe with the calk- 

 ins doubled over, and provided 

 with rings; 12. The foot sur- 

 face of a shoe with the heels 

 turning up toward the foot; 

 13. Shoe with two calkins; 14. 



A bar shoe; 



15. A jointed 



shoe to suit 



any size of 



foot; 16. A 



jointed shoe 



without nails, 



and secured 



by the lat- 

 eral border and the heel-screw; 17. A hind-shoe with calkins; 18. 

 A shoe with one of the branches greatly thickened at the heel ; 



FIG. 594. Tartar 

 Chinese shoe. 



FIG. 593. Thin shoe for cure of con- 

 traction, fitted with clips turned up, 

 as explained on pages 680 and 681. 



FIG. 595. Old English concave shoe. 



FIG. 596. French shoe of the 

 13th century. 



19. A hind shoe with a crest or toe-piece; 20. A hind shoe with 

 the toe elongated and curled upward, probably for a foot the 

 back tendons of which were contracted, causing the horse to walk 

 on the point of the toe. 



