they are always bound to work right in their place, and 

 time should not be considered. 



No. 13 



A light pacing hind 

 shoe. 



This is a good pattern for a pacer, easy made. It will 

 not cut the quarters when cross-firing. I made them out of 

 two pieces, for the outside a piece of rib steel, use half round 

 for the inside. Stick them together at the toe and turn it. 

 Punch a few extra nail holes well back towards the heels, 

 this adds to strengthen the shoe and keep it in place. 

 Romea, it was, who could not pace without hobbles, and her 

 owner, Mr. Brown, who had a dislike to hobbles, had me ex- 

 periment with her and with this kind of shoe she got a 

 mark of 2:14, and hasn't worn any hobbles since. Of 

 course the change of front shoes had something to do with 

 the balancing of her gait, but this light hind shoe, I think, 

 was the main part. She was one of those that barely touch 

 the ground, or it looked like that when at speed, and this 

 3^2 ounce shoe for a rather large foot would last her three 



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