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But very little of the wall should be cut away, so as not to 

 Weaken or injure it ; but sufficient to enable bringing the shoe to its 

 position. The shoes should not be hammered down tight 

 t JL to the wall, but simply sufficient to rest easily against it. 

 |ll$ Next, if the foot is broken, or much weakened by old 

 \ j ', nail-holes, punch the holes where there is soundest horn 

 | • to nail to, as shown by Fig. 596. A thin shoe will not 

 admit of any fullering, because it weakens the shoe, with- 

 out giving any special advantage in nailing. The stamp 

 !\ ; form of punching the holes should be used ; that is, the 

 hole made larger at the surface and, smaller at the bot- 



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*Fw. 465. *• V* >• 



Too Close. * Fig. 466.— Action with Low Heels and Oblique Fetlock. 



torn, so that the nail-heads will fit into it exactly. 



The method of driving the nails is next worthy of considera- 

 tion. There are two methods ; one, starting the nail ji i 

 rather near the outer surface and driving high, called the \p>)l { 

 English method, which is practiced very generally in this i '.', J 

 country ; the other, starting the nail deep and bringing i ')X 



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out low, known as the French method, which leading au- 

 thorities concede to be the best. If the nail is driven very \ • .' \ 

 near the surface, it is liable to chip or break the horn out, /jr^ J 

 which injures and Weakens the wall very much ; whereas * \\ J 

 driving deep and bringing out low, insures a good hold, i » • ! 

 and the wall will, be almost grown out by the next shoe- i 



ing. Consequently they should be punched deep over i ' ,' i 

 those points where the wall is thickest, and less so toward ' "" 



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the quarters where it is thinnest, or proportionately far- », , 



ther from the outer margin of the shoe. ' ' ' 



The common method of fullering all shoes alike, and *Fig. 467. 



bringing the nails at the same distance from the edge, Action (hat 



can be no more adapted for all kinds of feet than can Strikes, 



the size of the shoe itself. This straight-jacket way of punching 



* In connection with figures 465, 466, 467, and 470, see page 3S7. 



