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Fig. 493. — Showing the usual arch of 

 sole iu a healthy foot bfefore 

 contraction. 



and riveted together at the toe. On this shoe he claimed to have a 

 patent. I was in^dted to examine the feet of several -horses hav- 

 ing these shoes on. In some cases . 

 the bars were separated from an 

 eighth to a quarter of an inch, by 

 the spreading of the quarters. 

 This expansion was partly owing 

 to the natural enlargement of the 

 quarters by growth, and frog press- 

 ure. But the same, or even better, 

 results could have been obtained 

 by the use of an ordinary thin 

 shoe, as this would sfive the hos 



contact with the ground, provided the 

 quarters were not unduly restrained 

 by excessive nailing. 



The shoe above described would be 

 of undoubted advantage on pavements 

 or rough roads where the thin shoe 

 could not be worn, as it gives necessary 

 support to the frog, while protecting 

 Fig. 494. -Showing arch of the the foot from the rough pavement ; but, 



as explained elsewhere, the frog will 

 not alway'! bear long-continued press- 

 ure of this kind without producing harm. 



About tw^enty years ago, a smith named 

 Terrel, in Batavia, N. Y., devised a shoe for 

 the cure of contraction, with clips turned up 

 at the inner side of each heel, with the for- 

 ward part weakened on each side of the toe. 

 The foot was simply beveled down, tlie shoe 

 fitted to it closely so that the clips rested 

 against the quarters at the point of the heels. 

 It was firmly nailed on, well back upon the 

 quarters on each side, and the quarters reck- 

 lessly spread with the tongs. He had very 

 strong indorsements from leading horsemen, 

 claiming its effectiveness for curing contrac- 

 tion, etc., and doubtless it was successful in curing many cases; 



sole bent upward by partial 

 contraction. 



Fig. 495. — Showing the 

 sole bent upward, press- 

 ing against the ten- 

 don and joint in 

 center of foot, 

 caused by contraction. 



