. The art of horse-shoeing : a manual for farriers . so as to leave the frog uncoveredwhilst a bearing of rubber was given all round the innercircumference of the shoe. This pad had a wide, flat LEATHER AND RUBBER PADS. 110 border, which fitted under the shoe, with which it wasnailed on to the foot. Its great objection was that itcould not be nicely fitted on many feet without firstcutting away the bars. Then we had rubber pads which were not nailed onwith the shoe, but which fitted into the shoe and wereremoved at will. The objection to these was that theycould only be used with a seated shoe
. The art of horse-shoeing : a manual for farriers . so as to leave the frog uncoveredwhilst a bearing of rubber was given all round the innercircumference of the shoe. This pad had a wide, flat LEATHER AND RUBBER PADS. 110 border, which fitted under the shoe, with which it wasnailed on to the foot. Its great objection was that itcould not be nicely fitted on many feet without firstcutting away the bars. Then we had rubber pads which were not nailed onwith the shoe, but which fitted into the shoe and wereremoved at will. The objection to these was that theycould only be used with a seated shoe and could not beapplied with a narrow shoe or one possessing a flat foot-surface. The next form to appear was a leather sole on whichan artificial frog was fixed. Great difficulty was at firstexperienced in fixing this frog so that it remained difficulty has not yet been surmounted by all makers,but Mr. G. Urquhart, of London, makes a most reliablearticle. These frog-pads certainly give a very goodfoot-hold on all kinds of paved Fig. 90—Frog-pad. A pad of very elegant appearance is SheathersPneumatic. It is not solid like the ordinary frog-pad,but hollow, and is compressed at each step, but imme-diately resumes its prominent form on being relieved ofpressure. One of the simplest anti-slipping pads is Balls andKeeps wedge-x>ad. It possesses one advantage in notcovering up the whole under-surface of the foot. Whenproperly fitted, it is firmly retained and does its work,but a careless farrier may so apply it that it shifts on thefoot. To fit it exactly, the wall of the back part of the 120 THE ART OF HORSE SHOEING. foot must be lowered more than that in front, so thatshoe, foot and pad may ail be closely adjusted.
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