232 now TO SHOE a horse. 



the bar near>j_to the frog, so that there may be ao danger 

 of its pressing on the " corn place" or angles between the 

 bar and the crust. 4th. It should, in no part, extend be- 

 yond the outer edge of the crust, lest it strike against the 

 opj)Osite leg when the horse is travelling, or be stepped 

 on by another horse, or be drawn off by a heavy soil. 



Such a shoe, and its position on the foot, is shown i& 

 figure 11. 



Fig. 11. 

 Represents the foot with the slioe rondei-eil transparent, showing what parts of the ftxrt 

 Bre or 3»ed and protected by bringing iu the heels of the shoe. 



ion Tb3 crnst, with the shoe closely fltted all round. 



b h. The bars, protected by the shoe. 



c c. The heels, supported by the shoe. 



d. The situation of corns protected from injury. 



The shoe should be made as nearly of this form as the 

 Bhape of the foot will allow ; but one must never lose sight 

 of the fact that the shoe is made for the foot, and not the 

 foot for the shoe, and that it is eminently proper to make 

 the shoe to fit the natural form of the foot, instead, as is 

 too often tl e case, of paring, burning, and rasping the foot, 

 until it fits the shoe, which is made to suit the ideas of the 



