Concurrent, the winner of the Dutch Derby, is a very diffi- 

 cult driver, high strung, high kicking, and I had a great 

 deal of trouble getting him balanced. At last I got him to 

 going all right, trotting square, without any breaks on 

 American shoes made by Mr. Louis Petersen, of Sheldon, 

 Iowa, U. S. A., which helped me a great deal in 

 winning the prizes as I drive all my horses in a Frazier 

 sulky, I think you will agree with me that my turnout 

 must look rather American. 



Mr. Crommerling in February, 1899, describing to me 

 the horse's way of going and his troubles, I then asked hip* 

 about the footing that the horses traveled over, and a 

 few other questions, and to send me the size of the horses 

 feet, and that I would design shoes for them. He did so. 

 This horse, Concurrent, the winner of the Dutch Derby, 

 he explained to me that he had an abnormal long stride 

 and that he had a lot of speed, but would get mixed up 

 because he could not gather quick enough in front; then 

 he would get kind of mad and get to kicking. Now, this 

 horse had in front a low, long stride, and behind, lots of 

 hook action. I made the front shoe's 14 ounces in weight, 

 thin at heels and toe, in a sort of rocker fashion, as Mr. 

 Crommerling told me the footing was rather soft or loose. 

 I left the web in the center of the shoe wide and thicker 

 than either heel or toe. In this way he could contain his 

 stride, but the motion was quickened because there was 

 nothing to impede his landing and flexing. The hind shoes 

 I made five ounces with a bar across the branches of the 

 heel to strengthen the shoes as the feet were rather large 

 and turned a calk at each branch of the heels. This has 

 a tendency to reduce hock action and prevent slipping and 

 results of advice and shoes was as Mr. Crommerling report- 

 ed in The Review. 



Now I did not know Mr. Crommerling, because I have 

 never been in Holland. My native country is Germany, and 

 after four years of apprenticeship I went to Denmark. I 



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