THE HUNTING SHOE; 



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Fig. 52 gives a view of the inner side of the unilateral shoe. 

 The two nails near the toe are in the situation in whicK Mr. Tur- 

 ner directs that they should be placed, and behind them is no 

 other attachment, between the shoe and the crust. 1 he portion 

 of the crust which is rasped off from the inner surface of the 

 shoe, is now^, we believe, not often removed from the side of the 

 foot ; it has an unpleasant appearance, and the rasping is some- 

 what unnecessary. The heel of this shoe exhibits the method 

 which Mr. Turner has adopted, and with considerable success, 

 for the cure of corns ; he cuts away a portion of the ground sur 

 face at the heel, and injurious compression or concussion is ren- 

 dered in a manner impossible. 



Fig. 52. 



There can be no doubt that this one-sided nailing has been 

 exceedingly useful. It has, in many a case that threatened a 

 serious termination, restored the elasticity of the foot, and enabled 

 it to discharge its natural ftinctions. It has also restored to the 

 foot, even in bad cases, a great deal of its natural formation, and 

 enabled the horse to discharge his duty with more ease and 

 pleasure to himself, and greater security to his rider. 



THE HUNTING SHOE. 



The hunter's shoe is different from that commonly used, in form 

 as well as in weight. It is not so much bevelled off as the com- 

 mon concave-seated shoe. Sufficient space alone is left for the in- 

 troduction of a picker between the shoe and the sole, otherwise, 

 in going over heavy ground, the clay would insinuate itself, and by 



