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THi: HORSE SANDAL. 



and moist, and is very useful, when the sole has a tendency to become flat. 

 Per the concave sole, tow would be preferable. 



The shoe is sometimes displaced when the horse is going at an ordinary 

 pace, and more frequently during hunting ; and no person who is a sports- 

 man needs to be told in what a vexatious predicament every one feels him- 

 self who happens to lose a shoe in the middle of a chase, or just as the 

 hounds are getting clear away with their fox over the open country. 



Mr. Percivall has invented a sandal which occupies a very small space 

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

 will serve as a perfect substitute for the lost one, on the road or in the field ; 

 or may be used for the race-horse when travelling from one course to 

 another ; or may be truly serviceable in cases of diseased feet that may 

 require at the same time exercise and daily dressing. The folloAving is a 

 short sketch of the horse sandal. 



Toe-Clasp 



Hinge 

 Toe-Clip 



Tip 



Middle Bar 

 Side Bar 



Heel Clii 



•• Middle Bar 

 Side Bar 



Heel Clip 



Bin as 



From an inspection of this cut it Avill be seen, that the shoe, or iron part 

 of the sandal, consists of threo princijial parts, to which the others are 

 appendages ; which are, the tijj, so called from its resemblance to the 

 horse-shoe of that name ; the middle bar, the broad part proceeding back- 

 ward from the tip ; and the side bars, or branches of the middle bar, 

 extending to the heels of the hoof. The ajipendages 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 loopis. The 

 heel-clips are two clips at the heels of the side bars which correspond to the 

 toe-clip ; the latter embracing the toe of the crust, while the former em- 

 brace its heels. Through the heel-clips rim the rings, which 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 the heel-clip. The straps, which are composed of web, 

 consist of a linof-strap and a heel and coronet strap. 



The Ituiif-strnp is furnished with a buckle, whose office it is to bind the 



