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HEAVY SHOES.
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continent, and for which several patents have been secured during this century.
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| 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]
- ↑ Megnin. Op. cit. p. 62.
