FITTIXG THE FOOT. -• . 19 



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will liolcl on a fore-slioe at any kind of work, in 

 any country and at any pace. If a shoe is pro- 

 perly fitted to the foot and fastened by five nails, 

 nothing but the smith's pincers can get it off. 



Having cut off the heels and opened the nail- 

 holes, you must next turn up a clip at the toe. 

 Every shoe should have one at the toe; it keeps the 

 shoe steady, and prevents its being forced back. 

 But 3^ou never should put one at the side; for if it 

 is put on the inside it j)i'o vents the hoof expand- 

 ing; and on the outside it is worse than useless, 

 for the nails there are quite sufficient to keep the 

 shoe from working across the foot, and the clip will 

 interfere with the placing of one of the nails and 

 destroy more of the crust than two nails would do. 



FITTING THE SHOE. 



You must never forget that "fitting the shoe" 



means making the shoe fit the foot, and not 



making the foot fit the shoe, as I have often 

 seen done. 



