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ran perfectly sound. When the ten-inch shoe (shown 

 in the photograph) was removed, a four-inch shoe was 

 substituted with the best effects. Lastly, when the 

 shoe had to be taken off, ' Humane ' tried the experi- 

 ment of leaving the hoof entirely without protection. 

 This battered, condemned, and hopelessly diseased 

 ' screw ' then ran five hundred and forty miles with- 

 out shoes, and did his work with more ease than ever. 

 Finding that his worst horse did 

 so well, ' Humane ' removed the 

 shoes from three others, the result 

 answering all his expectations. Un- 

 fortunate!/, horses, like men, have 

 reasons to pray to be saved from 

 their friends. Some well-meaning 

 but ignorant persons raised the cry 

 of cruelty, with all the usual nonsense about artificial 

 roads compelling the use of artificial protection, and 

 ' Humane ' was obliged to have the horses again shod. 

 He did not, however, return to the ordinary shoe, 

 but employed the tip, which, though it may do no 

 good, does less harm to the hoof than any other form 

 of shoe. 



I regret to say that I have heard of more than 

 one case where the managers of the E. S. P. C. A. 

 have openly declared that they will prosecute any- 

 one who rides or drives a horse without shoes. 



HOOF OF TRAM-CAR 

 HORSE ('HUMANE'). 



