. The art of horse-shoeing. Horseshoeing; Hoofs; CHR 1905; PRO McNeil, John H. (autograph); PRO McNeil, John H. , Mrs. (donor). OCCASIONAL SHOES. 161 where between those two points. The idea that such pre- cision is attainable in modifying a horse's action by shift-. Fig. 133.—A Moveable Toe Weight. ing the weight half an inch is preposterous. The whole thing is a piece of empiricism. Mr. Jos. Cairn Simpson published a book at San Francisco in 1883 on "Tips and Toe ; No writer has approached the subject with more knowledge, but his work is far from convincing. In his last cha
. The art of horse-shoeing. Horseshoeing; Hoofs; CHR 1905; PRO McNeil, John H. (autograph); PRO McNeil, John H. , Mrs. (donor). OCCASIONAL SHOES. 161 where between those two points. The idea that such pre- cision is attainable in modifying a horse's action by shift-. Fig. 133.—A Moveable Toe Weight. ing the weight half an inch is preposterous. The whole thing is a piece of empiricism. Mr. Jos. Cairn Simpson published a book at San Francisco in 1883 on "Tips and Toe ; No writer has approached the subject with more knowledge, but his work is far from convincing. In his last chapter— " Unsolved Problems "—he says, " "When I wrote the pre- ceding chapters of the appendix, about two years ago, I then thought I had a fair knowledge of weight on the feet of horses. Now, after that length of time of study, obser- vation and tests of many experiments, I am in doubt, and in place of offering rules for the guidance of others, am forced to admit a want of confidence to make statements with any degree of ; A few pages further is the heading—" Side-weights ; His whole position is summed up in the quotation from page 38—" Weight is advantageous in the education of many trotters, but I am greatly in doubt of any benefit accruing after the schooHng has progressed to a certain stage. Further than that, I have faith that the trotter of the future will be relieved^ from the incumbrance of heavy masses of metal on the feet, whether in the shape of shoes or ; In another work on shoeing, published in 1895, the author—Mr. W. Kussell, of Cincinnati—attempts an explanation of what he calls " balancing a horse by. 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 (
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