IMPROVEMENTS IN SHOES FOR BEASTS OF DRAUGHT AND BURDEN SUCH AS HORSES
Year: 1884

page_text: I, JASPER HENRY SELWYN, of Gloucester Crescent, Hyde Park, in the County
of Middlesex, Vice Admiral, do hereby declare the nature of said invention
for IMPROVEMENTS IN SHOES FOR BEASTS OF DRAUGHT AND BURDEN SUCH AS
HORSES" to be as follows:-
My invention is designed to enable beasts of draught and burden such as horses,
mules and asses to be more efficiently shod than has heretofore been usual.
A horse shoe as commonly made is constructed to serve as a sole to the hoof so
that when the horse's foot is down the metal shoe intervenes between the ground
and the border of the sole of the foot. This interferes with the wear that would
otherwise compensate for downward growth of the hoof, and it happens frequently
that before a shoe is so far worn as to require renewal it has to be removed in
consequence of lateral extension or forward protrusion of the hoof beyond the edge
of the shoe due to growth, or the protruding horn has to be cut away thereby
sometimes exposing soft or tender parts of the foot.
Now according to my invention in lieu of using a shoe in the nature of a sole as
above set forth, I make a clip-like shoo of thin metal plate that forins a covering
to the lower front and side portions of the hoof to which it is suitably secured by
any convenient fastening devices such as studs or small bolts with nuts in such
a manner that the lower edge of the metal plate shoe as well as the sole of tho
animals foot may take a bearing on the ground when the foot is put down and be
subject to a retarded wear. In some cases I use as a fastening cement that can bo
dissolved by application of moderate heat. Such shoes as above described will give
a better foot hold than those of the ordinary kind, besides lasting longer, and
enabling downward growth of the hoof to be compensated by wear, whilst likewise
obviating the liability that exists with ordinary shoes to lodgement of stones
between the hoof and the shoc.

page_text: I, JASPER HENRY SELWYN, of Gloucester Crescent, Hyde Park, in the County of
Middlesex, Vice Admiral, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN SHOES FOR BEASTS OF DRAUGHT AND BURDEN SUCII AS
HORSES and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
"
My invention is designed to enable beasts of draught and burden such as horses
mules and asses to be more efficiently shod than has heretofore been usual.
A horse shoe as commonly made is constructed to serve as a sole to the hoof, so
that when the horse's foot is down the metal shoe intervenes between the ground
and the border of the sole of the foot. This interferes with the wear that would
otherwise compensate for downward growth of the hoof and it happens frequently
that before a shoe is so far worn as to require renewal it has to be removed in
consequence of lateral extension or forward protrusion of the hoof beyond the
edge of the shoe due to growth, or the protruding horn has to be cut away
thereby sometimes exposing soft or tender parts of the foot.
Now according to my invention in lieu of using a shoe in the nature of a sole as
above set forth, I make a clip-like shoe of thin metal plate that forms a covering
to the lower front and side portions of the hoof to which it is suitably secured by
any convenient fastening devices such as studs or small bolts with nuts, preferring
gimlet pointed scraws, in such a manner that the lower edge of the inetal plate
shoe as well as the frog and hoof of the animal's foot may take a bearing on the
ground when the foot is put down and be subject to a retarded wear.
In some
cases I use as a fastening in conjunction with screws or the like cement of the
nature of marine glue that can be dissolved by application of inoderate heat. Such
shoes as above described will give a better foot hold than those of the ordinary
kind, besides lasting longer, and enabling downward growth of the hoof to be
compensated by wear, whilst likewise obviating the liability that exists with
ordinary shoes to lodgment of stones snow et cetera between the hoof and the
shoe.
In the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings Fig 1 is a view of a horse
hoof having a shoe constructed according to my invention applied thereto. Fig 2
is a vertical section of a portion of the hoof and shoe and Fig 3 represents in outline
the sole of the horse's foot with the lower edge of the shoe that projects below the
said sole.
a is the shoe formed by preference of steel plate and secured to the hoof b by
means of gimlet pointed screws c having their heads countersunk in the shoe.
Holes are first made in the hoof b corresponding with those in the shoe plate a to
receive the screws. When re-shoeing the fresh set of shoes should have the holes
in different vertical plane to those of the shoes just removed If cement such as
previously mentioned be used in conjunction with the fastening screws it will
besides assisting to hold the shoes in place prevent the lodgment of wet and mud
between the shoe and the hoof. Care should be taken to avoid the protrusions of
the heads of the screws or other fastenings and the upper edges of the shoes should
bo rounded off.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
A shoo for beasts of draught and burden consisting of metal plate arranged to
form a covering to the lower front and side portions of the hoof and secured thereto
by screws or other suitable means, substantially in the manner and for the purpose
hereinabove described and set forth.