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tool, until they extend over 

 the bars, as shown at A, A, A, 

 A. This style of shoe I con- 

 sider to be of especial advan- 

 tage to recover the wirin2:-in 

 of the crusts at the heels. By 

 following the wall close up to 

 the sides of the frog, it obtains 

 strong bar pressure, and gives 

 the fros: free access to the 

 ground. If the sole of the foot 

 evinces a tendency to be flat 

 Fig. 119. another modified form and tender, it is quite necessary 

 CENTENNIAL SHOE, DESIGNED BY s. T. ^^ pj-Qtect it from lujury until 



HARRIS. 



A, A, A, A, Grooves deepening and it becomes strong. The only 

 widening toward sole-bearing surface, ^ay in which this can be done 

 is by adding to the web in the shoe. As the sole gradually re- 

 news itself and becomes thicker, reduce the width of the shoe. 

 In two or three shoeings, the foot will become strong, when the 

 narrow-w^ebbed shoe may 

 be resorted to. 



Fig. 120. To make shoe, 

 take a steel bar Ij by f 

 inches, of twice the length 

 from center of the toe to 

 either heel — otherwise suf- 

 ficiently long to extend the 

 required distance round 

 the foot. Strike a center 

 at a point half the length 

 from toe to heel on each 



side. Then with a chisel, 



, -, ,1 u +u„ Fig. 120. raised spring bar shoe, to 



cut down through the 



^ REDUCE CONCUSSION AND SOFTEN THE STROKE 



middle of bar each way — of footfall. 



