CHAP. IV.] GOLDSMITH'S JOINTED SHOE. 501 



parting, and to secure each head of it in a counter 

 sink ; one half the thickness of the toe is to be cut 

 away on one side at the ground surface, and from 

 the foot surface of the other half, resembling what 

 is termed in carpentry a mitre ; and these being 

 brought close together, a hole is to be drilled or 

 punched through both, and let the rivet employed 

 be the size of the hole. Whatever degree of 

 rigidity the workman might restore to the entire 

 shoe, it is plain that the great weight of the horse 

 would very soon strain the rivet, so as to cause it 

 to relax therefrom, and allow the heels to expand 

 by so much. That this might extend over a larger 

 part of the front of the hoof, Mr. Clark preferred 

 nailing the shoe pretty far back towards the quar- 

 ters, which we reckon among the mistaken notions 

 of the whole class of improvers. Fig. 3. 



But mark the dissonance of our 

 teachers ! the next inventor or im- 

 prover ran into the other extreme, 

 erroneously punching and nail- 

 ing up intolerably near to his 

 rivets or pins, for he has two of 

 them, as per marginal cut. 



This representation of the shoe invented by 

 Colonel Goldfinch exhibits a modification of ' Clark's 

 patent.' Like it, the necessity of making the shoe 

 thicker at the toe than usual with the ordinary shoes 

 is evident. The patent was enrolled in October 

 1821, granted to Lieut.-Col. H. Goldfinch. ' of 



