304 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



A NEW AND ATTRACTIVE FAIR FEATURE, THE HORSESHOEING 

 CONTEST AT DES MOINES, IOWA. 



BY DR. JACK SEITER, CHICAGO, ILL. 



(Issued in Bulletin Form.) 

 First Prize — Wm. Campbell, Rock Rapids, Iowa. 

 Second Prize — C. E. Wicklund, Marshalltown, Iowa. 

 Third Prize — Ben Woolgar, Des Moines, Iowa. 

 Fourth Prize — Wm. Cameron, Ames, Iowa. 

 Fifth Prize— Wm. Montis, Des Moines, Iowa. 



In order to promote more skillful and intelligent shoeing of draft 

 horses, five prizes were offered for the best shoeing in public competition. 



First Prize Silver medal and $25.00 



Second Prize Bronze medal and 20.00 



Third Prize Diploma and 15.00 



Fourth Prize Diploma and 10.00 



Fifth Prize Diploma and 5.00 



Horses for shoeing will be provided by the state fair management. 

 Forge, fuel, anvil and vise will be provided by the fair. All other mate- 

 rials and tools must be provided by the competitors. Each competitor 

 must remove two old fore shoes from his horse and make and fit two new 

 ones from bar iron, lots having been previously drawn for the order in 

 which they will proceed to work. 



The style of shoeing will be the ordinary cart horse shoe, without 

 clips or calks. 



Each competitor will be allowed one assistant or striker to help him 

 in forging and to hold the horse. 



The maximum time allowed to each competitor for the complete opera- 

 tion will be one and one-half hours, and the judges are asked to allow 

 points for rapidity of execution within that limit. 



The following scale of points were used by the judges in making their 

 rewards: 



Making shoes 35 points 



' Fitting shoes 30 points 



Driving nails 15 points 



General finish 10 points 



Time 10 points 



The judges made note and observations of the following points which 

 will have a bearing on the decisions rendered: 



Work on the anvil, hammering and heating. Limited heating and 

 liberal hammering gives tougher and better wearing shoes. Keeping the 

 fire and handling the shoe in the fire. Cutting gutter (creaser or fuller) 

 so that the nail heads will be straight and firm when driven. Punching 

 nail holes the right size and angle. Paring and leveling of hoof. Fitting 

 the shoe without too much burning. Driving the nails at the proper 

 place in the hoof. Cutting and clinching nails. Finish and neatness 

 without too much rasping. 



