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SCIENTIFIC IIOKSKSHOEING. 



speed of the horse decideelly increased and his endurance greatly 

 extended. 



This shoe has been so beneficial to speed that I have termed 

 it the " Record Breaker." 

 As the liorse increases his 

 spee<l, he changes liis 

 ijait, and as no one style 

 of shoe was known which 

 would be suitable to all 

 gaits, I invented this shoe 

 for a low-o^aited horse 

 such as Xancy Hanks. 

 My theorv is that the 

 thinner the shoe is, the 

 lon<rer will be the stride ; 

 the lighter tbe shoe, the 

 lighter the footfall. The 

 wider the web, the less 



Fig. 107. record breaker — front shoe. 



Fig. 108. record breaker — hind 



SHOE. 



the shoe sinks in the ground, 

 and the less liable the foot is 

 to cup and slip l)ack as it leaves 

 the ground. This shoe is cut 

 in grooves straight from toe to 

 heel, about three-sixteenths of 

 an inch deep. This will pre- 

 vent the foot from slipping 

 sideways. The grooves cut 

 sidcwavs and at riijht ansrles 

 to the former will prevent the 

 foot from slipping backward 

 as it leaves the ground. Judg- 

 ing from my experience in 

 shoeing speed horses, slipping 

 sideways is very tiresome, and 



