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THE PRACTICAL HORSESHOER. 



The shoe, an illustration (Fig*. 1) of which is here given, was 

 taken from the foot of one of the Arabian horses presented to 

 General Grant by the Sultan of Turkey. According to Flem- 



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Fig. 1.— Shoe from the foot of one of the Arabian Stallions presented to General Grant 



in 1879 by the Sultan of Turkey. 



ing, the horses of the East have been shod with similar shoes 

 for the past 500 years, the only variation from the form shown 

 in the engraving being in the opening for the frog, which is 

 usualh' made triangular. 

 The dimensions of this shoe are as follows : Length, 5f 



