SPECIFIC AXD EEMEDIAL SHOEING. 



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Fi(i. 203. Shoe for Pacing and Trotting. This is 



a new style of shoe I invented and made. It is for the 



pacing and trotting horses that cannot carry much -svoiglit 



attached to their feet. The 



weio;ht of the shoe is 2-V ounces. 



This style of shoe will suit a 



great many race horses, and can 



be made any weight to suit the 



horse's gait. This shoe is made 



in a swedge the same as the 



bastard plate, with toe and heel 



calkings. As the foot lands on 



the ground the double grab at toe 



and heel will prevent the foot 



from slipping sideways ; the ^ „„„ ,„ 



■^ ^ ® "^ ' Fig. 203. Weight of shoe, 25 ozs. 



double grab at tlie toe will pre- 

 vent the foot from slipping back as the foot leaves the ground 

 over the toe. The horse that wears this style of shoe can 

 keep up his burst of speed from start to finish in his race. 



Letters AA, front toe calk ; letter B, the bar ; letters CC, 

 side heel calkings. The heel calkings are to be made the 

 s'ame height as the front toe calk. By having the foot pared 

 along the side of the frog in the commissures tlie same, and 

 the nail holes punched opposite one another in the quarters 

 of the shoe, and foot pared according to instructions given on 

 page 97, Fig. 23, and shoe nailed correctly on the feet as the 

 foot falls to the ground, the inner and outer quarters will 

 expand the same at each footfall. By so doing you will 

 avoid a great deal of foot, tendon and muscle soreness in the 

 feet and less of the horse. 



