Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-03-28
NAlLt.Ess HoRsEsHoEs.
An English Invention That Is Likely to
Prove Very Valuable.

An English Invention That Is Likely to
Prove Very Valuable.
! The ordinary method of shoeing
| horses is. under the most favorable
| circumstances, tedious operation,
and one, moreover. which not unfre-
| quently results in temporary or even
| permanent injury to the foot. Indeed,
| it has been asserted by an eminent au-
| thority that out of every forty horses
| shod annually one dies from the result
| of pricking. Moreover, the ordinary
| shoe attached in the ordinary way is
| not adapted to horses with cracked or
brittle hoofs. For horses employed
| by an army in the field the hitherto
| practiced mode of protecting horses
| hoof is particularly unsuitable, owing
to the appliances required, and, above
all, the time required. A cavalry pa
troll is surrounded by hostile parties,
and can only accomplish it's work and
escape capture by vigilance and speed.
| The latter is necessarily much af-
| fected by the occasional casting of
| shoe, which it takes time, which
can not be spared. for replacing.
| Again, a train of wagons is either &C
cOmpanying q force on forced march
to the front or is rapidly retiring to es-
cape capture. The loss of a shoe or
two by the leading teams may produce
lameness, and either delay the whole
train or cause the particular teams
among which the accident occurs to
fall into the hands of the enemy, OR, at
all events, prevent the arriving at the
proper time of a portion of the stores.
By means of cold shoeing the necessity
of a forge is avoided. Still the system
of cold shoeing, to be thoroughly effect
i've, requires a certain amount of
training ON the part of each dragon or
driver, and the shooting operation in
wolves considerable expenditure of
time. The difficulties and objections,
inseparable from any of the existing
systems, are particularly felt by an
army in the field.
They are obviated by the system of
the nailless horseshoe. To explain
the exact nature of the system with
out diagrams is impossible. We, there
fore, content ourselves with brief
outline of the principle. The shoe is
attached by a single steel band which
passes around the hoof. well above the
coronet, from one extremity of the
heel to the other, and is kept in posi-
ton mainly by a steel pillar lying fiat
on the front of the hoOf, and connect
ing the toe of the shoe with the
center of the band. There are also
three small studs-situated one at the
toe and one at each side-which slight
ly indent on the hOof, and aid in keep
ing the shoe in position. Among the
advantages claimed by the inventors
are the following: A man after min
imum of instruction can. with the aid
of a hammer, or even a stone, affiX
this shoe in about three minutes, as
against the fifteen Or twenty minutes
at present needed; the shoe allows of
full expansion of the hoof; it permits
the natural growth of the frog, thus
providing a remedy against slipping
or Earring; it is as durable and as light
as, while it is cheaper than, the ordi-
nary shoe. The extensive practical
trials to which this system has been
subjected have given satisfactory re-
sults.-London Times.