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the photograph was taken were made by me for a 

 subscriber of "The Horseman." 



There are four well known shoes not illustrated ; 

 (a) the plain front shoe, which should be used 

 wherever possible; (b) the plain front bar shoe, 

 which gives frog pressure; (c) the half swedged 

 front shoe, an excellent shoe to prevent knee- 

 knocking in some horses; and (d) the side-weight 

 shoe, intended to prevent knee-knocking, but it is 

 a freak shoe seldom used and we do not recom- 

 mend it. 



The numbers of the following paragraphs refer 

 to the name numbers in the cut on the previous 

 page. 



(i) ]^Iemphis Xub Shoe. — This is a modified 

 form of the Memphis Bar Shoe (see Style 9) and 

 has practically replaced it as a shoe to gait trotting 

 colts with. It is used where a rolling motion is 

 needed. An eight ounce shoe of this kind gives 

 practically the same amount of rolling that for- 

 merlv required a shoe of twice the weight. 



(2) Rim Shoe. — This is an ideal pacing shoe 

 where a horse needs a good foothold. Unlike the 

 calked shoe it requires no effort on the animal's 

 part in breaking over on the toe. The material can 

 be bought in all sizes and consequently it is a 

 simple matter to obtain any desired weight of shoe. 

 It also makes a good form of hind shoe. 



(3) Sv^EDGED Shoe. — This is an ideal type of 

 shoe on trotters as it is easily fitted and furnishes a 



