. The art of horse-shoeing : a manual for farriers . Fig. 91.—Sheathers pad. What is called the bar-pad is a leather plate onwhich an india-rubber pad occupies the whole of theback portion, and it is fixed to the foot with a short 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 ofthe heels is a most valuable appliance. For long-stand-ing corns, for cases of chronic laminitis, and for horsesthat markedly go on their heels the bar-pad is with-out doubt the most efficient arrangement yet
. The art of horse-shoeing : a manual for farriers . Fig. 91.—Sheathers pad. What is called the bar-pad is a leather plate onwhich an india-rubber pad occupies the whole of theback portion, and it is fixed to the foot with a short 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 ofthe heels is a most valuable appliance. For long-stand-ing corns, for cases of chronic laminitis, and for horsesthat markedly go on their heels the bar-pad is with-out doubt the most efficient arrangement yet best are made by Mr. Urquhart. All these i^ads increase the cost of shoeing, but what LEATHER AND RUBBER PADS. 121 tliey save, by preventing falls and injuries to the horseand fear and anxiety to the driver, far more thanbalances the account in their favor. The cost, however,is an item, and inventors have turned their attention tothe production of some other methods of applying rubberin connection with the shoe for the prevention of slipping.
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