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MODERN BLACKSMITHING 



ADVICE TO HORSE OWNERS 



T is cruelty to ani- 

 mals to raise a colt 

 and not train him 

 for shoeing, and 

 the horse - shoer 

 must suffer for this 

 neglect also. Many a valuable horse 

 has been crippled or maltreated, and 

 thousands of horse - shoers suffer 

 hardships, and many are crippled,* 

 and a few killed every year for the horse owner's care- 

 lessness in this matter. A law should be enacted 

 making the owner of an ill-bred horse responsible for 

 the damage done to the horse-shoer by such an animal. 

 Every horse-raiser should begin while the colt is only 

 a few days old to drill him for the shoeing. The feet 

 should be taken, one after the other, and held in the 

 same position as a horse-shoer does, a light hammer or 

 even the fist will do, to tap on the foot with, and the 

 feet should be handled and manipulated in the same 

 manner the horse-shoer does when shoeing. This 

 practice should be kept up and repeated at least once 

 a week and the colt when brought to the shop for 



