SHOEING. 



641 



Fk;. 44S. — Font at point of heel on thick shoes. 



Fig. -4 49. — Shoe fitted as it should be. 



alteration of the structure of the foot by shoeing, the writer 

 hitended to give a cut of the impression of a natural, unshod foot 

 upon the ground, showing that the outei- rim or wall comes first, 

 and that when the 

 fifround is so soft as to 

 let the foot settle into 

 it, there is a corre- 

 spondingly strong 

 pressure upward and 

 outward upon the 

 quarters. To do this, 

 when in New York 

 City making illustra- 

 tions for this work, 

 he made three trips 

 to Flatbush, to obtain 

 casts from colts' feet 

 from four to five 

 years old, from whicli 

 to make the desii-ed 

 drawings. After the 

 loss of a week's time, 

 and large expense, 

 two drawings of such 

 impressions were 



made by two of the 



1 , ,. , • ,1 •, Fig. 451. — Adjustment at turn of foot. ^ 



best artists m the city. ^ ! 



But it was finally decided that neither could bt; engraved so as to 



brhig out the idea 



sufficiently clear and 



Fig. 450. — Adjustment between heel and turn of foot. 



Fig. 452. — An exact drawing from a colt's foul, 



one-half size, showing the natural concavity- 



of the sole. 



good to be of any spe- 

 cial benefit; coii.se- 

 quently it was abai*» 

 (loned. The sectional 



di-awings 



ffivcn arc 



made from a. half -size scale of casts, showing the exact degree of 

 concavity at different parts, as given. 



The colt's foot in its natural state, being the most simple and 



( I 



