it has been regularly recommended by almost 

 every Avriter, from that time to the present. 

 And notwithstanding this method has very fre- 

 quently failed of success, yet repeated disap- 

 pointment appears never to have led to the cir- 

 cumstance of questioning the truth of the prin- 

 ciple. Nay, indeed, the reliance placed upon 

 it has been so strong, probably from the simpli- 

 city of the reasoning on which it v/as founded, 

 that in the cases where it most particularly dis- 

 appointed expectation, its failure was generally, 

 attributed to the practice not being carried suf- 

 ficiently far ; and accordingly the shoe has been 

 still more raised on the inner quarter, and the 

 edges of the crust and shoe have been filed away. 

 When with tbese expedients it likewise failed, 

 the last resource has been, a circular piece of 

 leather placed round the joint to receive the 

 blow of the foot. 



It IS now about four years since, that a shoe, 

 with the outer quarter thick, and the inner one 

 thin, was for the first time, in the practice of the 

 Author at least, employed, in a case which had 

 baffled many attempts on the old plan. 



On the first trial the horse ceased to cut, nor 

 has he ever done it since ; which can only be 

 attributed to his having constantly worn the same 



