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CHAPTER VI. 



Youatt on the Weight of Shoes American Trotting 

 Horse * St. Julien ' <An Ounce at the Heel tells 

 more than a Pound on the Back' Lunette Shoe or 

 Tip of Lafosse Douglas on the Structure of the 

 Crust Miles on Expansion and Contraction . . 41 



CHAPTER VII. 



Expansion entirely prevented by present Mode of Shoe- 

 ing, but favoured by ' Tips ' Mayhew and Professor 

 Percival on 'Tips' < It is the Shoe, not the Road, 

 that hurts the Horse ' l Impecuniosus ' says there is 

 too much sameness about all existing Writings on 

 the Horse's Foot, and ' Original ' Ideas are wanted . 48 



CHAPTER VIIL 



The ' Charlier ' Shoe ' Impecuniosus ' and ' Kangaroo ' 

 on the Charlier System Sole Pressure India 

 Rubber Cushions and Pads Pumice Foot St. Bell 

 on l Imitation of Nature ' in Shoeing Mayhew, 

 1 Nature is a strict Economist ' Douglas on the 

 short average Life of our Horses 'One Horse 

 could wear out four pairs of Feet ' Philip Astley, 

 ' He who prevents does more than he who cures ' 

 The Charlier < Short ' Shoe, and the Charlier < Tip ' 

 Stanley saj r s Navicular Disease is impossible with 

 the Charlier System Experience of Messrs. Smither 

 with Charlier Shoes American Experience of Char- 

 lier ' Tips ' ' Four' inches of Iron curled round the 

 Toe' 54 



