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DOMESTIC A^BIALS. 



THE SANDAL. 



Mr. Percivall has invented a sandal \vbicli occupies a very small 

 space in the pocket, can be buckled on the foot in less than two 

 minutes, and will serve as si perfect substitute for the lost one on the 

 road or in the field, or may be used by the race-horse when traveling 

 from one course to another; or may be truly serviceable in cases of dis- 

 eased feet, that may require at the same time exercise and daily dress- 

 inof. The above is a sketch of the horse sandal. 



From an inspection of the cut on the preceding page it will be seen 

 that the iron of the sandal consists of three principal parts, to which the 

 others are appendages — which are the tip, so called from its resemblance 

 to the horse-shoe of that name; the middle bar, the broad part proceed- 

 ing backward from the tip ; and the side bars, or branches of the mid- 

 dle bar, extending to the heels of the hoof. The appendages are, the toe- 

 clasp, the part projecting from the front of the tip, and which moves by a 

 hinge upon the toe-clip, which toe-clasp is furnished with two iron loops. 

 The heel-clips are two clips at the heels of the side bars which corre- 

 spond to the toe-clip, the latter embracing the toe of the crust whilst the 

 former embrace its heels. Through the heel-clips run the rings, wdiich 

 move and act like a hinge, and are double for the purpose of admitting 

 both the straps. In the plate, the right ring only is represented ; the 

 left being omitted, the better to show tlie heel-clip. The straps, which 

 are composed of web, consist of a hoof-strap and a heel and coronet- 

 strap. 



The hoof-strap is furnished with a buckle, whose office it is to bind 

 the shoe to the hoof; for which purpose it is passed through the lower 

 rings, and both loops of the shoe, and is made to encircle the hoof 

 twice. 



The heel and coronet-strap are furnished with two pads and two slid 

 ing loops ; one, a movable pad, reposes on the heel, to defend that part 

 from the pressure and friction of the strap ; the other, a pad attached 



