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SCIEXTIFIC HOKSESIIOEIXG. 



Fig. iL'f). KOLLINQ MOTION SHOE NO. 2, 

 FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES, AS DESCRinED. 



The slioe is made in this 

 way : Take a bar of the re- 

 (juired width and thickness 

 and bend it. Shape both sides 

 from too to lieel. Commence 

 beveling on outer surface, the | 

 bevel gradually diminishing ai 

 the inside web of shoe. Ex- 

 tend this operation from toc 

 to heel on ground surface. In- 

 crease the web of shoe in pro- 

 portion as the ground surface 

 re(juires to be shortened. 



The effect of this shoe on rp , , , , ,, , , 



lo be beveled all around on ground 



the foot will be to lessen the surface, from inside lo outside of web, 

 ground surface, breaking the ^^ shown. 



jar at each footfall, bringing the foot more under the leg, and al- 

 lowing it to roll easily, in the forward movement at point of toe. 



Fig. 127. Although roll- 

 ing-motion shoes i!^08. 1 and 

 2 wnll prevent trippiug and 

 8tuni])ling, all horses can 

 not travel with ease and 

 comfort when wearing a full 

 rolling-motion shoe. For 

 such cases, therefore, I de- 

 signed shoe. Fig. 127. I have 

 elsewhere stated that stumb- 

 ling will arise from straight 

 shoulders, short, upright pas- 

 terns, high heels and carry- 

 ing the head low. The more 

 Fig. 127. front foot shoe, to prevent gt^ffness and soreness there 



STUMBLING AND GIVE GRACEFUL KNEE AC- 

 TION, j^ apnarent, the higher the 



