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SCIENTIFIC HOKSESHOEIXG. 



Fiu. 206. Four-calked Bar Shoe. As I have so often 

 said, no rule can l)e given to shoe any two speed horses alike. 

 The style and weight that would suit one horse would not be • 



suitable for auuther, as 

 some horses are inclined to 

 dwell Avlien up to speed in 

 their knee action. Fig. 206, 

 a four-calked bar shoe, is a 

 shoe I invented to quicken 

 tlu'ir front knee action ; 

 CC, front toe calkings, left 

 sc^uare on the outside edges 

 and beveled inward to inner 

 face of the shoe, made with 

 a grab toe to bo beveled 

 from outer A to inner B ; 

 letter E, bar on shoe. This 

 shoe will weigh 14 ounces, as the weight in the shoe will 

 lengthen the stride. Tlie way the shoe is made and explained 

 will prevent the foot from slipping sideways going around 

 the turns. The grab at the toe will prevent tlie foot from 

 slipping back as the foot leaves the ground. 



This style of shoe is one of the best shoes I have ever 

 used to quicken and give knee action and lengthen the 

 stride and prevent slipping sideways going around the turns. 

 It has proven to be one of the best shoes ever used for what 

 it is intended for. 



Fig. 20G. Weiciit of simi., lii ozs. 



