98 THE HORSE : ITS KEEP AND MANAGEMENT. 



Many kinds of patent shoes have been brought out 

 during the last fifteen years — some very good ones. One 

 lately introduced by Mr. F. J. L. Clark, consisting of 

 a steel shoe with pieces of india rubber let in the centre 

 of the rim which covers the sole, w^hich he calls the non- 

 slipping horse-shoe, and I think ic w^ill be a great boon 

 to horses : as in addition to its preventing them slipping 

 it will save a great deal of the jarring which is caused by 

 running over hard roads. I intend giving these a trial, 

 and my experience of them shall be given later on 

 in " Farm, Field and Fireside," after this book is 

 published. 





