IM- PROVEMENTS IN SHOES FOR HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS
Year: 1865

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Clark, of 53, Chancery Lane, in the County
of Middlesex, Engineer and Patent Agent, for the Invention of "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN SHOES FOR HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS."-A communication
from abroad by Pierre Charlier, Veterinary Surgeon, of 29, Boulevart
St. Martin, Paris.
Sealed the 25th August 1865, and dated the 7th March 1865.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Clark at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 7th
March 1865.
I, WILLIAM CLARK, of 53, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex,
Engineer and Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN SHOES FOR HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS," to be as
follows:-
This Invention relates to an improved method of shoeing horses and other
animals. I form the shoe of a small bar of iron, steel, or other hard material,
and give it increased thickness at the toe and heel, it being suitably bent to
the form of the hoof, and fixed in a groove made therein by means of nails
or screws.

page_text: This Invention is illustrated in the accompanying Drawing, Fig. 1 showing
a section of a horse's foot with the shoe applied; and Fig. 2 an under side
plan of same.
a, shoe formed of a bar of iron, steel, or other metal or material thickened
at certain portions, as above described, and fitting into a groove made round
the hoof of the animal; b, nails or screws for fixing the shoe, the heads of
which nails may be received in a shallow groove made in the shoe as in
ordinary.
With this improved shoe a horse is enabled to bear on the horny part or
wall of the hoof and on the frog and heel, and will thus tread fairly on all
parts of the foot as if unshod, and will not be liable to slip, thus ensuring
a stability and firmness hitherto unattained.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Clark in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
1st September 1865.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
CLARK, of 53, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Engineer and
Patent Agent, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Seventh day of March, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, in the twenty-eighth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said William Clark, Her special licence that I, the said William
Clark, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said William Clark, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
SHOES FOR HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS," a communicatiou to me from abroad
by Pierre Charlier, Veterinary Surgeon, of 29, Boulevart St. Martin, Paris,
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said William Clark, my
executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their,
'or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be per-

page_text: formed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within
six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Clark, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, reference being had to the Sheet of Drawings hereunto annexed,
and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to say):-
This Invention relates to an improved method of shoeing horses and other
animals. I form the shoe of a small bar of iron, steel, or other hard material,
and give it increased thickness at the toe and heel, it being suitably bent to
the form of the hoof, and fixed in a groove made therein by means of nails
or screws, this shoe being let into the lower part of the wall of the hoof
around the sole.
This Invention is illustrated in the accompanying Drawing. Fig. 1 shows
a section of a horse's foot fitted with a shoe according to this Invention';
Fig. 2 an under side plan of the same, the shoe being fixed by means of
screws.
Fig. 3 shows an under side view of the shoe fixed to the foot by means of
nails; Fig. 4 a side view of same.
Fig. 5 is a view of a horse's foot, showing the circular groove made in the
wall of the hoof to receive the shoe; Figs. 6 and 7 show central vertical
sections of hoofs furnished with the improved shoes fixed either by nails or
screws.
Lastly, Figs. 8 and 9 show respectively a nail and screw used for securing
the shoes.
a, shoe formed of a bar of iron, steel, or other metal or material thickened
at certain portions, as above described, and fitting into a groove made round
the hoof of the animal; 6, nails or screws for fixing the shoe, which nails
may be received in a shallow groove made in the shoe, as in ordinary;
c, Fig. 5, circular recess or groove made in the wall of the hoof at the lower
part, serving to receive the shoe.
With this improved shoe, which may be rectangular or of other form in its
cross section, a horse is enabled to bear on the horny part or wall of the hoof,
and on the frog and heel, and will thus tread fairly on all parts of the foot
as if unshod, and will not be liable to slip, thus ensuring a stability and
firmness hitherto unattained. Instead of the shoe being of metal it may be
made of india-rubber, gutta percha, or other material.
Having described the nature of this Invention, and the manner of performing

page_text: the same,
I declare that what I claim as the Invention to be protected by the
herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is,-
1st, the improved horse-shoe, represented in the accompanying Drawings,
formed of bar iron bent to the form of the hoof in the manner described.
2ndly, I claim the method of fitting a horse-shoe to the foot, by making a
groove in the lower part of the wall of the hoof recessing the shoe therein,
where it is fixed by screwing or nailing, as herein described.
Lastly, I would observe that I do not confine myself to the precise form of
shoe herein represented; but I also claim all similar forms having for effect
to enable the horse or other animal to tread when shod on the sole of the foot,
for the purposes described.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Clark, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this First day of September, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
Witness,
JAMES DAISHI,
53, Chancery Lane,
London.
W. CLARK.
(L.S.)