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. |
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| XI. | —Shoeing Competitions | 112 |
PREFACE.
This little book is written for three classes of readers—for horse-owners who may interest themselves in the subject, for farriers who are open to conviction, and for veterinary students who have to be examined.
The method pursued has been, to first describe the form and action of the foot, next the preparation of the foot for shoeing. Then the form of a shoe is treated of and the details to be observed in making it. The selection of shoes for varieties of feet or for special kinds of work follows, and afterwards the fitting and nailing-on are considered. Other chapters are devoted to "roughing," shoeing defective feet, accidents, the use of leathers and pads.
Throughout an endeavour has been made to be as simple and clear as possible in expression, to lay down correct general principles and to point out the technical details which are essential to good shoeing. On all these points authorities are not agreed, and I trust those who differ from me will pardon any too dogmatic expressions of opinion in these pages.
The illustrations will be of assistance in making clear the text. Some of these are copied from books, some are drawn from models or preparations, and some are diagramatic. The books I am indebted to are, "Anatomy of the Domestic Animals," by Gamgee and Laws; "On the Horse's Foot," by Bracy Clark; Bouley's "Atlas of the Foot," and Goyau's "Maréchalerie."
William Hunting.
16 Trafalgar Square,
London, S.W.