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Fig. 117. original centennial shoe, 

 designed by s. t. harris. 



Centennial Shoe, No. 1. — 



Fig. 117, is one of the many 

 I exhibited at the Centennial 

 Exposition at Philadelphia in 

 1876. It was designed by Mr. 

 S. T. Harris, of Cincinnati. 

 The shoe derives its name from 

 the year in which it was in- 

 nted and exhibited, and it 

 has been in use a long time, 

 with very gratifying success. 



It conforms more to the 

 shape of the foot than any shoe 

 ever used. The wings. A, A, 

 bear evenly on the bars of the foot, aflbrding the greatest pos- 

 sible bearing surface to the heels, and serve to distribute equally 

 over the whole ground surface of the foot the concussion sus- 

 tained, which, by reason of the position of the heels, is greatest 

 at this point. 



After the Centennial shoe has been worn for a few davs and 

 then removed from the foot, the inclination and position of the 

 wings afford a useful and valuable deduction. The question 

 has long been mooted among writers and farriers, w^hat part of 

 the foot expands the hoof, whether the wall, the bars, or the 

 frog. Eminent authorities have given this active agency in turn 

 to each one of the members I have mentioned, but the inclina- 

 tion of the wings of a worn Centennial shoe indicates an active 

 agency of the bars in co-operating with the other parts of the 

 foot that have not heretofore received adequate consideration. 

 The wings of the shoe not only fall out in their bearings to the 

 extreme points of the bars, but they are careened outwardly, the 

 inside branches being higher than the outside branches, thus 

 showing by their outward inclination that the bars have an ac- 

 tive and constant agency in keeping the foot normally expanded. 



