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THE ART OF HORSE SHOEING. 



foot must be lowered more tliaii that in front, so tliat 

 shoe, foot and pad may all be closely adjusted. 



Fig. 91.— Sheather's pad. 



What is called the "bar-pad " is a leather plate on 

 which an india-rubber pad occupies the whole of the 

 back portion, and it is fixed to the foot with a short shoe. 



Fig. 93.— Pad with shoe attached. 



This pad is not only an anti-slipping agent, it is anti- 

 concussive, and for some diseases and some injuries of 

 the heels is a most valuable appliance. For long-stand- 

 ing "corns," for cases of chronic laminitis, and for horses 

 that markedly " go on their heels" the bar-pad is with- 

 out doubt the most efficient arrangement yet invented. 

 The best are made Ijy Mr. Urquhart. 



All these pads increase the cost of shoeing, but what 



