SHOEING. 671 



and riveted together at the toe. On this shoe he claimed to have a 

 patent. I was invited to examine the feet of several horses hav- 

 ing these shoes on. In some cases 

 the bars were separated from an 

 eighth to a quarter of an inch, by 

 the spreading of the quarters. 

 This expansion was partly owing 

 to the natural enlargement of the 

 quarters by growth, and frog press- 

 ure. But the same, or even better, 

 results could have been obtained FIG. 493. Showing the usual arch of 



by the use of an ordinary thin sole in a healtn y foot bef re 

 i , -i . , , . . , P contraction, 



shoe, as this would give the frog 



contact with the ground, provided the 



W quarters were not unduly restrained 

 by excessive nailing. 

 The shoe above described would be 

 of undoubted advantage on pavements 

 or rough roads where the thin shoe 

 could not be worn, as it gives necessary 

 support to the frog, while protecting 

 FIG. 494. Showing arch of the the footfrom the rough pavement ; but, 



sole bent upward by partial ^ lained ^where, the froff will 



contraction. i i 



not always bear Jong-continued press- 

 ure of this kind without producing harm. 



About twenty years ago, a smith named 

 Terrel, in Batavia, N. Y., devised a shoe for 

 the cure of contraction, with clips turned up 

 at the inner side of each heel, with the for- 

 ward part weakened on each side of the toe. 

 The foot was simply beveled down, the shoe 

 fitted to it closely so that the clips rested 



against the quarters at the point of the heels. 



>. i ., -, v, i i ,1 FIG. 495. Showing the 



It was firmly nailed on, well back upon the 6ole bent upvvard> press . 



quarters on each side, and the quarters reck- j n g against the ten- 

 lessly spread with the tongs. He had very don and joint in 

 strong indorsements from leading horsemen, center of foot, 



i .. ST. .. ff caused bv contraction, 



claiming its effectiveness for curing contrac- 

 tion, etc., and doubtless it was successful in curing many cases; 



