SIMPLIFIED AND UNFETTEUF.D. it 



centre of the toe of the shoe, thereby avoiduig any 

 inconvenience which might arise from the joint 

 pressure of the chp and nail at this part ; but the 



1 I 1 • 1 i Manner of in- 



first nail-hole to be punched close to it, at the out- tioducing die 

 side toe ; and the remaining five as far distant 

 from each other as possible, without the last nail 

 approaching nearer the outside heel than is con- 

 sistent with the safety of its insertion ; the first nail 

 in the inside toe to be punched full an inch from the 

 outer edge of the clip. 



In regard to the paring of the soles with this Pa>ingoftiie 

 method of shoeing, I seldom deviate from the usual 

 mode with those horses which have been shod 

 several years ; but with colts, and young horses 

 recently brought into work, I am just now pro- 

 secuting some experiments, not yet concluded, but 

 which have already afforded me good grounds for 

 hoping that the shoeing art will admit of a still 

 further simplification by the side-nailing. 



In the experiments in question with the colts' Experimonts 

 feet, I never suffer the hoofs to exceed three weeks' in conjunction 

 ^ro;/;^A without removing the shoes, and moderately nailing, 

 shortening the toes with the rasp, and slightly 

 lowering the crust with the same instrument ; but 

 as to a drawing-knife, or knife of any description, 

 their hoofs have not yet experienced either the use 

 or abuse of any such instruments. One end of the 

 rasp has been ground to a blunt chisel edge, with 

 which a few flakes of sole have occasionally been 



