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large enough to receive a one-sixteenth inch rivet. Then rivet 

 a leather on the shoe, covering the bottom of the foot. Fill 

 the bottom of the foot with fat pork out of the brine, and nail 

 the shoe on lio-htlv. 



Soak the feet in warm water for two hours. The pork will 

 draw and assist in removing all soreness from the part. If these 

 instructions are closely followed, I will guarantee that the worst 

 case of corns can be cured in thirty days. They have never 

 failed me. 



Fig. 139. This shoe was 

 designed by the late Mr. Dan 

 Mace for the noted mare, Lady 

 Thorne. Great skill was re- 

 quired in adjusting to her feet 

 shoes of suitable weight to 

 balance her action. This was 

 effected by Mr. Mace by fit- 

 tinsr her with shoes as shown 

 herewith, weighing 12 ounces 

 each in front, and 14 ounces 

 each behind ; after which, her 

 action was as regular as the 

 pendulum of a clock. p^^ 139 ^^^^ p^o^ shoe, to bal- 



This shoe should fit snugly ance and slow the action of the 



, ^ ,1,1-1 r- TROTTING HOKSE, DESIGNED BY DAN 



on the foot up to both sides ot 



the frog, the heels inclining ^^ ^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^.^ ^^^^^^1 bevel of 



outward. The shoe being long- front part of shoe to ground surface. 



er than the foot at the heels, 



C, C, Heel calkins gradually lowered 



toward quarters. 

 destroys the down action of 



the flexor perforans, which serves to lessen the quick up ac- 

 tion. The length of the heels also gives more ground surface 

 to the foot, which requires a longer interval for the horse to get 

 over his toe. I have used this shoe with satisfactory results. 



