HOBSESHOEING. 



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THE BAR SHOE. 



The bar shoe (fig. 9) has a variety of uses. It enables us to give 

 the frog pressure, to restore it to its original state of activity and 

 development when, by reason of disuse, it has become atrophied. It 

 gives the hoof an increased surface of support and enables us to re- 

 lieve one or both quarters of undue pressure that may have induced 

 inflammation and soreness. The bar of the shoe should equal the 

 average width of the remainder of the shoe and should press but 

 lightly on the branches of the frog. The addition of a leather sole 



Fig. 9. — An acute-angled left fore hoof shod with a 

 bar shoe. Note the width and position of the bar 

 and the fact that the nails are placed well toward 

 the toe, so as not to interfere with the expansion 

 of the quarters. 



Pig. 10. — A fairly formed right 

 tore ice shoe for a roadster. 

 The toe and outer-heel calks cut 

 at right angles, and the innor- 

 heel calk is slender and blunt. 

 The back surface of the toe calk 

 should bo perpendicular. 



with tar and oakum sole-packing allows us to distribute the weight 

 of the bodv over the entire ground surface of the hoof. 



THE RUBBER PAD. 



Various forms of rubber pads, rubber shoes, rope shoes, fiber shoes, 

 and other contrivances to diminish shock and prevent slipping on the 

 hard and slippery pavements of our large cities are in use in differ- 

 ent parts of the world. In Germany the rope shoe (a malleable-iron 

 shoe with a groove in its groimd surface in which lies a piece of tarred 

 rope) is extensively used with most gratifying restdts. It is cheap, 

 durable, easily applied, and effective. 



