Horse-shoes and horse-shoeing : their origin, history, uses, and abuses . carcely possible that anything in-tervened between it and the hoof, for no traces of holes orrivets were perceived. The presence of straps leads to thesupposition that these soleas were applied during work only,and that they were removed when the animal entered itsstable. Without this precaution, the straps, already dan-gerous by the wear to which they might subject the skinof the pastern, could not fail to be yet more pernicious ifleft continually tightened around the feet. It is remark-able that the clips are only at t
Horse-shoes and horse-shoeing : their origin, history, uses, and abuses . carcely possible that anything in-tervened between it and the hoof, for no traces of holes orrivets were perceived. The presence of straps leads to thesupposition that these soleas were applied during work only,and that they were removed when the animal entered itsstable. Without this precaution, the straps, already dan-gerous by the wear to which they might subject the skinof the pastern, could not fail to be yet more pernicious ifleft continually tightened around the feet. It is remark-able that the clips are only at the corners of the toes, andthat the iron sole should become narrowed at the partwhich corresponds to the quarters; was this to preventslipping ? Or did the Romans understand that the heelswere elastic ? It is very possible that their spirit of ob-servation taught them something respecting this. Thepresence of these four solece on the feet of the same horse,sufficiently indicates that they were not used for maladiesalone, as has been surmised, but habitually (fig. 117).. tig. 117 Journal de Mcd. Vot. de Lyon, p. 241, 1857. 3o8 HORSE-SHOES AND HORSE-SHOEING.
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