On the Rowel Spur 



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I am aware, of the spur with the elongated spike, figured on 

 Plate 7, taken from Zschille and Forrer's work, and which is 

 believed to be of about the fifth century. 



The older form of spur with the curved sides and the 

 bent neck still went on during this period, and continued till 



the close of the century, when this type, which had lasted 

 for so many years, seems to have disappeared altogether. 



During the reigns of William and Mary and of Anne, 

 the curved sides, which had held their own for so many 

 centuries, gradually died out, and spurs with straight sides, 

 as they are made now, became more and more common. 

 The stiff leather boot of the period no doubt had much to do 



