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MODERN BLACKSMITHING 



while the horses roam in. the pasture or stand in the 

 stable. Some farmers will not hire out their team for 

 money. The horses of these countries are better taken 



FIG. 51. 



-TOE AND SIDE WEIGHT AND PLAIN RACING PLATES, AS 

 MANUFACTURED BY BRYDEN HORSE SHOE CO. 



care of than anywhere else, of course with the excep- 

 tion of American race horses. 



HORSE-SHOEING 



The horse in a wild state needs no shoes, the wear 

 and tear that the feet are subjected to while the horse 

 is hunting- for his food in a wild country on soft mead- 

 ows, is just right to keep the hoofs down in a normal 

 condition. But when the horse is in bondage and must 

 serve as a burden-carrying animal, traveling on hard 



