Note 1301 — Chapter XI · “THE LABOUR’D OX”
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Beckmann, l.c. This writer, and the authorities whom he quotes, deserve careful study. On the whole, Beckmann sums up somewhat against the theory that horses were usually shod in classical times. This conclusion is in practical agreement with that of Professor Hughes, loc. cit. See Aristotle, Hist. Animal. l. II. c. 2, § 6.