THE HIND-SHOE. 37 



You must now nail on the shoe with five nails, 

 exactly as you would do if there was nothing 

 under it; and if you have attended to the fit- 

 ting there will be no fear of the shoe shifting 

 or coming off. 



Plate YL, Fig. 1, shows a foot stopped, ready for 

 shoeing. The ends of the oakum placed in the 

 cleft of the frog are collected together and carried 

 across the body of the frog, to be mixed with the 

 oakum on one side, which keeps it in its place in 

 the cleft and j)revents it from working out behind. 



Fig. 2 shows a foot properly shod with leather, 

 and also the shape to which the leather should be 

 cut between the heels of the shoe. 



THE HIND-SHOE. 



The hind-shoe, like the fore-shoe, should be 

 brought in at the heels and be made to follow the 

 exact shape of the hoof; but, as the weight of the 

 horse falls differently upon the hind-feet to what 

 it does upon the fore-feet, and as the rider often 



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