Small hoof boot
Name/Title
Small hoof bootEntry/Object ID
2025.1.74Description
Small boot for small horse or ponyContext
Up to the 19th century lawns were cut with scythes or grazed by sheep. In May 1830 Edwin Beard Budding patented ‘a new combination and application of machinery for the purpose of cropping or shearing the vegetable surface of lawns, grass-plats and pleasure grounds’. From here on the progress of lawn-mowers was rapid, moving from manual, to steam to petrol in the 1900s. The first pony-drawn machine was patented in 1842 and shoes were designed to prevent too much hoof damage to the lawnsCategory
Horse Welfare and Farriers
Animal Husbandry