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HEAVY SHOES.
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continent, and for which several patents have been secured during this century.

fig. 180

The fashion of arming the hoofs with heavy shoes and great calkins, appears to have prevailed generally for several centuries; a specimen from the church door of Saint-Saturnin, where it had been attached by some farrier anxious to exhibit his skill, may serve to give us an idea of what was considered a proper model. It bears the date 1573 (fig. 180)[1]

  1. Megnin. Op. cit. p. 62.