Is to keep the shoe a continuation of the crust or wall of the hoof, and to avoid percussion upon the sole.
THE BEVEL ON THE GROUND SURFACE
Is to follow the natural concavity of the foot and to give it the form which will have no suction on wet ground, will not pick up mud, or retain snow-balls.
THE CALKS
Have a use fully explained.
When the shoe thus described is set so as to secure frog-pressure, as hereinafter directed, a horse may be shod without violation of nature's laws; foot disease, under fair conditions, will become almost impossible, and the useless refuse-stock, broken down by the old method, may be restored to usefulness.
GOODENOUGH SHOE—BACK.
