An Improved Covering or Pad for Horses' Feet.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 27th Mar., 1889-Accepted, 20th July, 1889.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Covering or Pad for Horses' Feet.
We THOMAS DANIEL TAYLOR and SYDNEY TAYLOR both of Number 6 Hartington
Street Derby in the County of Derby Veterinary Surgeons and Patent Medicine
Manufacturers do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
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The said invention consists of a pad of India rubber or other similar, compound
with a thin coating of leather nailed on between the hoof of the horse and the shoe :
giving protection to the frog from being bruised or otherwise injured-As the shoe
wears away the artificial frog will also be a great preventative against horses slipping
on any treacherous or slippery ground.
Dated this 05th doxe
her 1000
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Covering or Pad for Horses' Feet.
We THOMAS DANIEL TAYLOR and SYDNEY TAYLOR both of Number 6 Hartington
Street Derby in the County of Derby Veterinary Surgeons and Patent Medicine
Manufacturers do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
The said invention consists of a thin piece of hydraulic leather that is leather which
has been subjected to hydraulic pressure cut to size to fit the hoof of a horse. The
leather is afterwards placed in a mould corresponding with a horse's foot and frog and
same is then subjected to a high degree of pressure after which an artificial frog on
the outside of the leather is the result. Within the recess of the artificial frog made
by the mould is then placed another small artificial frog or pad made of india rubber
gutta percha or other similar compound and the same is affixed to the leather pad by
being properly cemented-The wliole is then nailed on between the hoof of the horse
and the shoe giving protection to the frog from being bruised or otherwise injured
besides giving it its natural pressure. As the shoe wears away the artificial frog will
also be a great preventative against horses slipping on any treacherous or slippery
ground. A great feature about the pad in question is that the leather portion of it is
composed of what is termed hydraulic leather which is impervious to wet or damp and
consequently is unaffected by same.
In the annexed drawings Fig. 1. D represents a plan front view of the pad affixed
to the iron shoe of the horse, C, and in fig. 2, is shewn the back view of the pad with
the artificial india rubber or gutta percha frog, E, fixed into the recess of the leather
pad, D, caused by the mould mentioned in the specification-Fig. 3 shows a transverse
section of the pad and iron shoe with the india rubber or gutta percha frog E inserted
in the recess of the leather pad, D.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. That the frog of the horse covering the navicular joint which is the most
sensitive part of the foot is by the common method of shoeing raised from the
ground thereby becoming hard and lifeless, but by the application of the artificial
pad it allows the frog to receive the pressure nature intended besides preventing
concussion.

page_text: 2. That as the iron shoe of the horse wears away the convex surface of the recess
in the leather pad which contains the artificial frog, would come in contact with the
ground and would to a considerable extent bé a safeguard against slipping.
3. That as the natural frog is supported by or rests upon the artificial frog it will
cure thrush a most troublesome disease in horses.
Dated this 26th day of auch 1000
Witness,
TOM. G. TAYLOR,
36, Victoria Street, Derby,
Solicitor.
THOMAS D. TAYLOR.
SYDNEY TAYLOR.