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CHAPTER X. 

 A TABLEAU OF HORSESHOES, 



OLD AND NEW STYLES PICTURED AND COMPARED. 



To carry out the subject of this book still further and to 

 «how at a glance the progress that has been made in the whole 

 scheme and staple of horseshoeing within our generation, cover- 

 ing a period of sixty-four years, a regular progressive series of 

 (lifterent designs of shoes is here introduced in order to exhibit 

 as clearly as possible the passing stages of advancement in the 

 art by the several styles of shoes in use at various times for 

 various purposes until they were gradually relegated or su- 

 perseded by more modern patterns of ingenious workmanship 

 and skill, which accomplish wonders in balancing the action and 

 leveling the gait of horses, or are admirably effective in remedy- 

 ing or curing many of the faulty movements and morbid aflec- 

 tions.of the feet anc .egs. " Scientific horseshoeing," with all that 

 the term implies, is thus seen to be the outcome of many previous 

 years of experimental tests before it came to " the parting of the 

 ways " which led it from speculative regions to the place which 

 it now occupies — as an art built on scientific principles. The 

 shoes and tools grouped in the cases — Figs. 186 to 190 — formed 

 part of my display at the World's Fair, at Chicago, 1893, and 

 were awarded the First Premium, Medals and Diploma. 



In addition to the shoes shown in these cases, a large num- 

 ber- of still more recent patterns are illustrated in the preceding 

 pages of this book — from designs which I have made since the 

 close of the World's Fair. 



