280 



SCIENTIFIC HUliSESHOEIXG. 



Fig. 104. weight of bhoe, 2} ozs. 



yvho liave seen ihc plate say it is the best out, ami tliat l)y its 

 use the horse can gain from twelve to eighteen feet in a mile 



heat. It is acknowledged by 

 all to bo the best plate now in 

 use. Letter A designates the 

 dc('|) grab at the toe. 



l-'iu'. 1 '.)"). A solid rim 

 shoe from liccl to toe; rim 

 three-sixteenths of an incli 

 high made in the center web 

 of shoe. Letter A shows the 

 flat surface of shoe. The shoe 

 is concaved from letter B to 

 iiiiK^r (\ I desijxnod tliis slioe 

 for a mud-slioe, to be worn on soft, cuppy tracks. It has 

 given perfect satisfaction to all the drivers wlio have us(>d it. 

 Tlie outer rim being made 

 square, will prevent tlie 

 foot from s]ip])ing sideways 

 wlien it leaves the ground. 

 The web of tlie slioe being 

 convex on the fjround- 

 tread, will allow the foot 

 to be lifted out of the soft 

 ground more easily than 

 the flat shoe, and conse- 

 quently the horse will be- 

 come less lea; wearv in liis 



race. 



Fig. 196. I designed 



this shoe to shorten and quicken the front foot action where 



the stride is too lonji and the horse is inclined to dwell in the 



Fig. 195. weight of shoe, 8^ ozs. 



