Horseshoe but with a strange attachment

[tmjmccormack]

Found this behind a house (1860) being restored. Anyone have any ideas for a rookie? Thanks everyone!!!! Good luck hunting.

 

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[dr-quest]

Never seen that before.Maybe the piece was welded on so it could be used as a boot jack.
Good luck if it stays upright
HH

 

[warsawdaddy]

Looks to be an adaption to a barshoe(used for correction to a hoof) or a modified traction attachment,however a traction 'cleat' or 'stud' is usually removable easily.?

 

[River Rat]

Nice find! Seems there was something very similar to this posted a couple of weeks back. Did some research and found the post...I could not get the pic by itself.

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,71024.msg517210.html#msg517210

RR

 

[Montana Jim]

If made to correct a gait, for correction, it's pretty crude, so I don't think that's it.

I do like the bootjack idea.

 

[Angelo]

Do you think that these horseshoes where improvised (or the beginnings in America) for horseshoe pitching?

Take a look at this site:

http://www.hickoksports.com/history/horseshoes.shtml

Note that soldiers used Mule Horseshoes to play the game. Also, the picture in that article shows how a horseshoe is being held. (by a lip)

Tony

 

[slowreaper]

How about to be pounded over the toe of the hoof, so not to get so many split when working in rocky conditions. The bottom of the lip also adds traction. When a horse is pulling the majority of the force is on the toe of the hoof and can split easy on rocks.

Brad

 

[warsawdaddy]

I think slowreaper is correct for its use.

 

[trk5capt]

I Believe That It Is A Traction Cleat, I Have Found Some At CW Artillery Sites. trk5capt...

 

[Tony in SC]

It's for a horse with special needs. Tony

 

[Montana Jim]

Um... I'm still going to disagree...

While there are lots of corrective shoes for lots of reasons, a correction THAT dramatic is hard to fathom. Unless it's an unfinished custom shoe that was never used or completed - a traction cleat THAT big in unbelievable. In addition those folded over tips at the open end are odd.

This site shows dozens of corrective shoes... nothing comes close to a correction THAT dramatic. I own two horses, one with the slightest correction, and if my vet/farrier told me it would take a shoe like that to correct a gait... I'd um, lets just say... um, get my pound price for the horse.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~btphelps///branches/christy/pic_christy_horse_shoes.html

In closing... I often give bad advise. Maybe Mrs. Oroblanco can weigh in. I think it was a horseshoe adopted for another purpose.

 

[Gypsy Heart]

I think it was an attempt to make a door knocker. I cant imagine any horse wearing that ....the weld piece extends beyond the curve of the shoe....not good... rocks.dirt could get between the hoof and the shoe........it looks like it was broken off at the top also...

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

Discussion over................................

It is a special shoe. No doubt in my mind.

It is not made for correction but for
PERFECTION.

Saw them used many years ago in the mountains
of Tibet.




all have a good un..................
SHERMANVILLE

 

[SwampHunter]

Ya'll ain't never seen no mud grips for a horse?

 

[Gypsy Heart]

Ya'll ain't never seen no mud grips for a horse?

I have and also swamp boots,corrective shoes,etc ....none that look like this

 

[Marty-Graw]

steel toe shoes for horses?

 

[SomeGuy]

I agree with Gypsy....door knocker.

 

[slowreaper]

Folding over the open end is very common for work horses (kind of a poor mans cleat) as is the piece on the front. However I admit I have not seen one quite like that, I have seen similar.
My guess is the horse it was made for worked hard, pulling heavy loads. That make sence for extending the plate under the hoof also. As I stated during hard pulling they dig their toes in, in rocky ground you would want to protect the soft tissue of the hoof where that pressure is as well as protecting against rock breaks.

Brad

 

[SwampHunter]

Ya'll ain't never seen no mud grips for a horse?

I have and also swamp boots,corrective shoes,etc ....none that look like this

Brass knuckles for horses?

 

[tmjmccormack]

This site is the best. Thanks for all your input on this.