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The Romans were pretty clever people......horseshoes and safety pins.  Yes, 
safety pins.....and shovels.  We saw, in the French part of Switzerland, a 
museum of Roman tools that had been excavated in the area, and a few tools, 
including safety pins, have not changed since the time of the Roman empire 
(and perhaps before.)

Barbara

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Paus" <paus@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Ridecamp Guest" <guest-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; 
<ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 7:46 AM
Subject: Re: [RC] Thanks Heidi


> Horse shoes weren't invented a hundred years ago, try
> thousands! Ever since the Iron Age, horses have worn
> shoes. The ancient Greeks and Romans shod their
> horses. It's not new technology and it has been
> perfected over the long haul, but despite all the new
> and wonderful products out there, most riders and
> farriers go back to the tried and true because it
> works.
>
> chris
> --- Ridecamp Guest <guest-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > Please Reply to: Dian Woodward dwcsarabs@xxxxxxxxx
> > or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > ==========================================
> >
> > Thanks Heidi for such a great write up regarding
> > barefoot.
> >
> > To all you barefoot riders. did you ever hear of a
> > working cowboy trying to ride barefoot.  Why do you
> > think they invented horseshoes in the first place,
> > hundered plus years ago? To be cruel? No, so that
> > they could ride and work over long distances.  Sound
> > cruel to you, to protect your horses hooves?
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