ARTISTIC HORSE-SHOEING. 



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ago. Fig-. 1 shows an ancient Arabian shoe, while Fig". 2 

 shows a modern Arabian shoe. It will be seen that very 

 little progress has apparently been made in the East in 

 shoeine: horses since iron was first introduced for horse- 



FiG. 3.— Showing the Method of 

 Fastening Arabian Shoes to the 

 Foot. 



Fig. 4.— Modern Portuguese 

 Horse-shoe. 



Fig. 5.— Modern Persian 

 Horse-shoe. 



Fig. 6.— Modern Moorish 

 Horse-shoe. 



shoes. These Arabian shoes are simply pieces of sheet- 

 iron stamped out to conform to a special pattern. The 

 method of fastening these shoes to the feet will be found 

 illustrated in Fig. 3. Even at this time the Moors, Per- 

 sians and Portuguese use forms of horse-shoes in no essen- 

 tial particular an improvement over the ancient Arabian 



