12 TREATISE ON HORSE-SHOEING. 



not split tlirougli at the back part; and, if you 

 shoe your horses properly, and never pare the frog, 

 it is what their frogs will come to in time. 



THE SHOE. 



Before I talk about the shoe, I must settle 

 names for the upper and under surfaces ^ because 

 I fear I should mislead those who are not smiths, 

 if I call the part that rests upon the ground "the 

 upper surface," as smiths do; I shall therefore 

 call that part of the shoe "the ground surface;" 

 and the part which goes next the foot I shall 

 call "the foot surface;" and then there can be no 

 mistake as to which surface I mean. 



In turning your store shoes "in the rough," 

 you should leave them longer at the heels than 

 smiths generally do: we shall see the reason for 

 it when we come to "fitting the shoe;" and 

 you should make the web as wide at the heels 

 as it is at the toe, and of the same thickness 

 throughout from the toe back to the heels. The 



