96 SYSTEM FOR TRAINING CAVALRY HORSES. 



seems alarmed, to let liim look at it and smell it if 

 needful. In a very feAV minutes jou may play with 

 all your force, witliout his taking any notice. When 

 this practice has been repeated a few times, your horse, 

 however spirited, will rest his nose unmoved on the 

 big drum while the most thundering piece is played. 

 In the same careful, progressive manner a horse 

 may be accustomed to any noise or sight. 



HOESE-SHOEIKG. 



What is here said of " horse-shoeinor " is taken from 



o 



"A Plain Treatise on Horse-Shoeing," by William 

 Miles, Esq. 



Before entering upon the subject of shoeing, two 

 things must be noticed, which must not only be be- 

 lieved, but acted upon, if we ever hope to arrive at 

 really good shoeing ; the first is, that nature has 

 given, to what horsemen call a good-shaped foot, the 

 form best suited to the horse's wants ; and the second 

 is, that the hoof expands, when the horse's weight is 

 thrown upon it, and contracts when it is taken off 

 again ; but the mere belief in these things will be of 

 no use unless we make the shoe to fit the foot, and 

 nail it on in such a manner as will allow the hoof to 

 expand and contract ; for we might as well not be- 

 iieve at all, as believe a thing right, and not do it. 



