A VALUABLE ESSAY 



ON 



HORSE-SHOEING. 



A few years ago the Scottish Society for the Prevention of 

 Cruelty to Animals offered a series of prizes for the best and most 

 practical essays on horse-shoeing, in connection with comfort and 

 soundness of the horse. About fifty essays were sent in, and were 

 submitted to Prof. Williams, Principal of the Edinburgh Veterinary 

 College; Mr. W. Kobertson, M.R.C.V.S., Kelso, and Mr. B. 

 Cartledge, M.R.C.V.S., Sheffield, Examiners of the Royal College 

 of Veterinary Surgeons, and Mr. J. C. Broad, M.R.C.V.8., 

 London, by whom, after a very patient and careful exami- 

 nation, the first prize was awarded to Mr. George Fleming for 

 the following essay : 



