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FOURTH PAPER; 

 Veterinarian, Vol. IT, p. 3G3. 



EXTRACTS EXPOSING THE INEFFICIENCY OF MR. BRACY 

 CLARK'S TABLET EXPANSION SHOE. 



Mil. Bracy Clark's universal theme is the 

 '' mischievous effects of nails ;" and yet this highly 

 talented veterinarian continues to nse them, and 

 what is most extraordinary, tow^ards the inside 

 heel ; but, by the aid of a joint at the fore part of 

 the shoe, he states that they are rendered harmless, 

 and do not oppose the natural expansion of the 

 heels. That this doctrine is fallacious, the reader 

 has only to refer to the ingenious remarks of Mr. 

 Joseph Goodwin, in his very interesting work on 

 the various modes of shoeing, practised by different 

 nations ; but this gentleman has left a chasm in his 

 review which I shall attempt to fill, by pointing at 

 one of the o;reatest errors of this hio:h sounding '"J"''';."^ P'fs- 



o OS sure or the ta- 



Tablet Expansion Shoe when applied to practice, ^/,^g up^n^'thlT" 

 viz. the too close adaptation of the shoe to the hoof [';;': ""'^'i""- 

 at the heels, occasioned by the nails approaching so 

 near the heels, with the severe clenching requisite 

 just at the weakest part of the foot, the inside 

 quarter, in order that this complicated shoe may be 

 retained in its situation. 



