10 TREATISE ON HORSE-SHOEING. 



A weak, flat foot will bare very little paring or 

 rasping; the crust of such a foot is sure to be 

 thin at the toe, low at the heels, and the sole 

 thin and weak; therefore, the less you do to it 

 the better, beyond getting rid of the little dead 

 horn there may be, and making the crust level 

 where it is to bear upon the shoe; this must be 

 done to all feet, and, as the inner quarter, w^here 

 there should be no nails, does not wear away as 

 fast as the outer quarter, where the nails are 

 driven, you should always place a rasp upon its 

 edge across the foot, to be quite sure that the 

 two sides are level. I have known shoes lost from 

 the inside quarter being higher than the outside, and 

 causing the foot to bear unevenly on the shoe. 



Before you pare out a foot, you should always 

 think of the state of the roads; and if they are 

 dry, and covered with loose stones, or have been 

 lately repaired, you should take very httle off the 

 sole of any foot, because, if you thin it, the stones 

 will bruise it; but when the season is wet, and 

 the stones worn in, you may pare out the sole of 



