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it that they merely answer, l And a good job too.' The 

 frog does not become hard, as the crust, sole, and bars do. 

 It feels like a firm piece of indiarubber, and answers its 

 purpose well by preventing concussion to the whole limbs, 

 an office which it is debarred from fulfilling when the 

 foot is shod in the old-fashioned style. My farrier asked 

 me if he should use up the old-fashioned shoes which he 

 had on hand, as it was a pity to keep them. I said it 

 would be a sin to use them. 



As will be seen in the commencement of this letter, 

 horses when running on stone paved roads slip very much 

 when shod on the old-fashioned system. Now, sir, if the 

 only advantage to be gained by using * tips ' would be to 

 prevent horses from slipping, I would use them in pre- 

 ference to the old shoe. But as ' Free Lance ' has so ably 

 pointed out, this is only one of the many advantages. 

 Horses shod with tips can pull a much heavier load, and 

 with less exertion than a horse with a full shoe. This I 

 have repeatedly proved. They trot carelessly along with- 

 out fear of a fall. I have several horses with that 

 hideous and incurable blemish capped elbow which is 

 brought about, so veterinaries say, by the heel of the 

 full shoe; this cannot happen when using tips; cutting 

 and brushing also cease with the use of ' tips.' 



June 15. HUMANE. 



APPENDIX L. 



Unshod Horses. 



SIR, I wish to say a few words to your readers in favour 

 of the theory propounded by ' Free Lance' a theory, 



