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SCIENTIFIC HORSESHOEING. 



As a hoof expander, therefore, we derive from the Centennial 

 shoe one of its most valuable uses. 



Centennial Shoe, No. 2. 

 — Fig. 118. This shoe, also 

 exhibited at the Centennial 

 Exposition, conforms as closely 

 as possible to the natural shape 

 of the hoof, and places the 

 pressure just where nature de- 

 mands. Especially is it bene 

 ficial to the trotting horse that 

 requires toe weights to balance 

 his actions, because it is heavy 

 in front and operates power- 

 fully in assisting the extensor 

 to lengthen the stride. When harris. 

 a shoe of this pattern weighing A, A, Bevel around inner rim of 



Fig. lis. MODIFIED FORM CENTENNIAL 

 TOE-WEIGHT SHOE, DESIGNED BY S. T. 



sixteen ounces is lifted bv the 



shoe on ground surface. B, B, Grooves 



at heels to obtain bar pressure. 

 heel, it seems to weigh at least 



two pounds. The inner rim on ground surface is to be well 



concaved, as shown by letters, A, A, the heels to be swedged 



out with a round, blunt, fullering tool, as shown in B, B, so as 



to get good heel and bar pressure. 



In applying this style of shoe to a horse inclined to mix and 

 shift his gait, bear in mind to leave a long toe. Three nails in 

 each quarter is sufficient to hold the shoe to the foot. This shoe 

 will produce most satisfactory results, if properly applied. 



Centennial Shoe, No. 3. — Fig. 119, on next page, is another 

 modified form of the Centennial shoe before described, and with 

 the others was exhibited by me at the Centennial Exposition. 

 It is more easily made, yet embraces the same principle of bar 

 pressure. It can be made from any ordinary flat shoe, the wings 

 to be swedged out solidly by means of a blunt, round, fullering 



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