Machine-made (drop-forged) multi-calk hind shoe.
A, ground-surface; B, hoof-surface; C, profile.
Rope Shoes.—These shoes have a groove on the ground-surface, in which rests a tarred rope, which greatly diminishes slipping on smooth pavement. For this reason alone they are extensively used in the large cities of Germany. Since the open rope shoe, when half worn out, will warp, the bar rope shoe is more satisfactory and more extensively used ([Figs. 141-144]).
Fig. 141.
Bar rope shoe with
bar bent forward.
Fig. 142.
The same with
bar bent backward.
Fig. 143.
