SHOEING. 



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FIG. 448. Foot at point of heel on thick shoes. 



alteration of the structure of the foot by shoeing, the writer 

 intended to give a cut of the impression of a natural, unshod foo, 

 upon the ground, showing that the outer rim or wall comes first, 

 and that when the 

 ground is so soft as to 

 let the foot settle into 

 it, there is a corre- 

 spondingly strong 

 pressure upward and 

 outward upon the 

 quarters. To do this, 

 when in New York 

 City making illustra- 

 tions for this work, 

 he made three trips 

 to Flatbush, to obtain 

 casts from colts' feet 

 from four to five 

 years old, from which 

 to make the desired 

 drawings. After the FlG ' 450 - Ad J ustment between heel and turn of foot. 



loss of a week's time, 



and large expense, 



two drawings of such 



impressions were 



made by two of the 



best artists in the city. FlG> ^Adjustment at turn of foot. 



But it was finally decided that neither could be engraved so as to 



bring out the idea 

 sufficiently clear and 

 good to be of any spe- 

 cial benefit; conse- 



FIG. 452. An exact drawing from a colt's foot, quently it was aban- 

 one-half size, showing the natural concavity doned. The sectional 



of the sole. 



drawings given are 



made from a half -size scale of casts, showing the exact degree of 

 concavity at different parts, as given. 



The colt's foot in its, natural state, being the most simple and 



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FIG. 449. Shoe fitted as it should be. 



