HEAVY SHOES. 



451 



continent, and for which several 

 patents have been secured during 

 this century. 



The fashion of arming the 

 hoofs with heavy shoes and 

 great calkins, appears to have 

 prevailed generally for several 

 centuries ; a specimen from the 

 church door of Saint-Saturnin, 

 where it had been attached by 

 some farrier anxious to exhibit his skill, may serve to give 

 us an idea of what was considered a proper model. It 

 bears the date 1573 (fig. 180)/ 



fig. 180 



Me urn in. 



O 



Op. cit. p. 62. 



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