HORSESHOEING. 



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Rope Shoes. — These shoes have a groove on the ground sur- 

 face, in which rests a tarred rope, which greatly diminishes 

 slipping on smooth pavement. For this reason alone they are' 



Fig. 135. 



Fig. 136. 



Fig. 137. 



Machine-made (drop-forged) multi-calk fore shoe. A, ground-surface; B, hoof-surface 

 C, profile. 



Fig. 138. 



Fig. 139. 



Fig. 140. 



Machine-made (drop forged) multi-calk hind shoe. .4, ground-surface; B, hoof-surface; 

 C, profile. 



extensively used in the large cities of Germany. Since the open 

 rope shoe, when half worn out, will warp, the bar rope shoe is 

 more satisfactory and more extensively used (Figs. 141-144). 



