252 THE PRACTICAL HORSESHOER. 



tioneer, out of his mare Columbine, by A. W. Richmond, 

 dam Columbia, by the famous tiioroughbred racer Bonnie 

 Scotland. Both Anteeo and Antevolo were shod with tips, 

 as in Fig". 155, as colts, and their entire development and 

 training- were conducted with no other protection for their 

 feet. In 1885 Mr. Simpson's efforts were crowned with two 

 fast performances by the horses, when Anteeo, then six 

 years old, trotted a mile in 2:1G^, and Antevolo made a 

 record of 2:19^ in his four-year-old form. 



One of the most valuble results of Mr. Simpson's inves- 

 tigations was the improvement made by him in the applica- 

 tion of the tip. At first it was placed on the foot, like the 

 shoe, and tapered or feathered to a point to keep the hoof 

 as level as possible. In this form the healthy g-rowth of 

 the frog' and natural shape of the foot were retained, but 

 it w^as almost impossible to balance the horse properl^^, 

 and there was an undue strain on the tendons. Mr. Simp- 

 son tells how he got over this drawback to his pet hobby, 

 as follows : " I made the tip of nearly a uniform thickness, 

 a majority of them having- a quarter of an inch of metal, 

 wliich was filed square. A shoulder was cut in the wall, 

 and so much of the sole as the width of the web required 

 and all back of the shoulder was left full and rounded with 

 a file to protect the edg"e." 



Since the first adoption of this method of letting- in the 

 tip till it is level with the uncovered part of the foot there 

 has been another improvement, namely, the cutting- of the 

 ends to a point, or diagonally, as shown in Fig. 156. 



'' In the Spring of 1886," said Mr. E. T. Bedford, of the 

 Thompson & Bedford Co., to a reporter of the /S'w?i recently, 

 "I purchased the chestnut mare Kitty Patch en, by Job 

 Stuart. She had w^on several races, and in 1884 made a 

 record at Boston of 2:21^^. In 1885 the mare was campaigned 

 again, but with no success, owing to the bad condition of 

 her feet. Her trainer, A. J. Feek, of Syracuse, said she had 



