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foot and throwing the strap up over the neck of the 

 horse. 



Shoeing stalls are also used, but they are yet too 

 expensive for small shops. 



No horse-shoer should lose his temper in handling a 

 nervous horse and abuse the animal ; for, in nine cases 



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out of ten, will hard treatment make the horse worse, 

 and many horse owners would rather be hit themselves 

 than to have anybody hit their horse. 



Don't curse. Be cool, use a little patience, aad you 

 will, in most cases, succeed. To a nervous horse you 

 should talk gently, as you would to a scared child. 

 The horse is the noblest and most useful animal to 



