Chapter I: Front Matter

THE
ART OF HORSE-SHOEING

A Manual for Farriers,

BY
WILLIAM HUNTING, F.R.C.V.S.

_Editor of The Veterinary Record._
_Veterinary Inspector for Westminster and Chelsea._
_Consulting Veterinary Surgeon to the London Road-Car Company._
_Member of the Committee for National Registration of Farriers._

With nearly one hundred Illustrations.

London:
H. & W. BROWN, 20 FULHAM ROAD, S.W.

1895.

CONTENTS.

CHAP. PAGE.

I.--INTRODUCTION

II.--FORM AND ACTION OF THE FOOT 9
The hoof. The sensitive foot, growth and wear of hoof.
The bones, cartilages, pads and vessels. Action of the
foot, expansion and contraction, function of the frog.
The natural bearing-surface.

III.--PREPARATION OF HOOF FOR SHOEING 32
Bearing-surface for shoe. Proportions of foot, height
of heel, length of toe, treatment of sole and frog.
Faults to be avoided.

IV.--THE FORM AND MANUFACTURE OF SHOES 48
Material, weight, thickness, width. The foot-surface
of shoes. The ground-surfaces. Calkins, nails and
nail-holes. Machine-made shoes. Prepared bar-iron.

V.--SELECTION OF A SHOE 65
For varieties of horse and work.

VI.--FITTING AND APPLICATION OF SHOES 67
Level or adjusted form. Outline fitting, surface fitting.
Clips, hot and cold fitting. Tips. The Charlier system.

VII.--ON ROUGHING 83
Necessity for, evils of. Frost-nails, ordinary "roughing."
Movable steel sharps, steel screw sharps.

VIII.--INJURIES RESULTING FROM SHOEING 90
From nails, from the clip, from the shoe. "Corns,"
"burnt sole." "Treads." "Cutting or Brushing."
"Over-reaching." "Speedy-cut." "Forging or Clacking."

IX.--SHOEING BAD FEET 100
Flat feet, convex soles, broken feet.

X.--LEATHER AND RUBBER PADS 107
Plain leather, ring-leathers, frog-pads. The Pneumatic
Pad, The Wedge-pad, The Bar-pad.

XI.--SHOEING COMPETITIONS 112