. The art of horse-shoeing. Horseshoeing; Hoofs; CHR 1905; PRO McNeil, John H. (autograph); PRO McNeil, John H. , Mrs. (donor). LEATHER AND RUBBER PADS. 147 gives such security of foot-hold on smootli surfaces as india-rubber. The earliest of these contrivances with which I am acquainted was formed so as to leave the frog uncovered whilst a bearing of rubber was given all round the inner circumference of the shoe. This pad had a wide, flat border, which fitted under the shoe, with which it was nailed on the foot. Its great objection was that it could not be nicely fitted on many feet without f
. The art of horse-shoeing. Horseshoeing; Hoofs; CHR 1905; PRO McNeil, John H. (autograph); PRO McNeil, John H. , Mrs. (donor). LEATHER AND RUBBER PADS. 147 gives such security of foot-hold on smootli surfaces as india-rubber. The earliest of these contrivances with which I am acquainted was formed so as to leave the frog uncovered whilst a bearing of rubber was given all round the inner circumference of the shoe. This pad had a wide, flat border, which fitted under the shoe, with which it was nailed on the foot. Its great objection was that it could not be nicely fitted on many feet without first cutting away the bars. Then we had rubber pads which were not nailed on with the shoe, but which fitted into the shoe and were removed at will. The objection to these was that they could only be used with a seated shoe and could not be applied with a narrow shoe or one possessing a flat foot- surface. The next foim to appear was a leather sole on which. Fig. ii8.—Frog-pad. an artificial frog was fixed. Great difficulty was at first experienced in fixing this frog so that it remained firm. The difficulty has not yet been surmounted by all makers, but Mr. G. Urquhart, of London, makes a most reliable article. These " frog-pads " certainly give a very good foot-hold on all kinds of paved streets. A pad of very elegant appearance is " Sheather's Pneu- ; It is not solid like the ordinary frog-pad, but hollow, and is compressed at each step, but immediately resumes its prominent form on being relieved of Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hunting, William, 1846-1913; Fairman Rogers Collection (University of Pennsylvania) PU. London : H. & W. Brown
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