am ¥. FITZVVYGKAM'S SHOE. 



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The hoof surface of the shoe is perfectly Hat. 



This method of shoeing is not absolutely novel, for rounding 

 of the toe has always been recognised as an advantage and 

 forms part of both the German and French systems of shoeing. 

 In the former it is termed ' Zehenrichtuug,' and in the latter 

 * Ajusture.' It is only in the degree to which this rolling is 

 carried and in the peculiar dishing of the ground surface of the 

 shoe that the novelty of the above method consists. 



¥iG. 2ti2.— Sir F. Fitzwygram's shoe. 



For strong, fairly healthy feet, for high blocky feet with a 

 tendency to contraction, disease of the frog or corns, for navicular 

 disease, and for hunters ' stale ' in their action and liable to 

 stumble, we regard the Fitzwygram shoe as excellent. It is 

 somewhat dithcult to make and fit, however, and does not suit 

 horses with tiat or ' dropped ' soles or those with large spread- 

 ing feet and thin defective crust. 



' 11. THE TURKISH OR ORIENTAL SHOE 



Is said to have been used by the Arabs since the year 622 a.d. 

 It consists of a flat plate of iron, very broad at the toe and 

 narrowing towards the heels (which are welded together) in 

 euch a way as to enclose a round or triangular space, through 



