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of the sole principally towards the heels, and expan- 

 sion of the quarters instead of the entire organ, is 

 so accomniodating to the present pernicious mode 

 of nailing or fettering the foot on both sides, that 1 

 fear the Royal Veterinary College will be the last to 

 admit the new system of side-nailino;. 



My brother, Mr. Thomas Turner, of Croydon, 

 has practised this unfettered plan of shoeing to a 

 great extent ; and much credit is due to him for the 

 zeal and assiduity with which he has put it to the 

 test ; and I have his authority for stating, that the 

 owners of the horses and persons concerned have 

 given the method their unqualified approbation. 



There is one drawback or alloy, and that the 

 only one ; but it is of an appalling kind, particularly 

 in these hard times ; viz. it will cut off our supply 

 of best patients, by the prevention of lameness : 

 our best consolation will be found in the superior 

 usefulness of the animal. 



I feel that as much mis^ht be uroed in favour of 

 a radical reform in the shoeing art as would usefully 

 occupy the attention of the Society for half a session ; 

 but for the present I shall conclude my paper with a 

 few remarks on the mechanical execution of the 

 plan I have recommended. Now, it fortunately t'"^ ?""pi'city 



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happens, that next in importance to the principle *'''°'^".'s I" 't^. 



•^ ^ ^ I JT practical appli- 



itself, is the simplicity of its practical application. ''''*'°"*^'^^^^ 

 I need not remind you, that all the inventive faculties *'°"- 

 of Mr. Bracy Clark and others have been taxed for 

 a series of years, and have contributed ingenious 



