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commence to bend his knee as the connecting line 

 becomes taut, which will incline him to move the hind 

 leg at the same time ; in fact, he must do so, as he can 

 do nothing else. Xow jog him with these hopples on 

 whenever yoii drive him, and when he gets to going a 

 good clip, you and he will discover that he can not 

 change legs, and must from necessity go square. The 

 hopples should be made nicely, and covered with lamb's 

 skin, wool outside, and take particular pains and see 

 that they do not chafe him, as that will irritate him 

 and perhaps defeat the object you have in view. You 

 will, of course, as your horse increases his stride, regu- 

 late the connecting line of the hopples to correspond. 



In shoeing pacers, light shoes made from steel, both 

 frorit and hind, are what are used by men who under- 

 stand their business, in ordinary cases, but always steel 

 shoes, for the reason that it may be necessary to have 

 the shoe so light, that a shoe made trom iron, would not 

 be stiff enough, to stay where it is nailed, and would 

 spring, and shortly unbalance your horse. There is no 

 rule as to iceight of shoes, either for pacers or trotters, 

 but as light shoes as can be used to advantage, are now 

 adoj^ted by all first-class mechanics, who take their 

 horses through long, and arduous campaigns, and I 

 believe for front feet bar shoes are the proper thing, for 

 reasons set forth in a former chapter of this work. 



There is a work entitled " Eussell on Horseshoeing" 

 that contains more sound information upon the subject 

 generally than any work in print, and the author I 

 know is a practical shoer, and well known as such. 

 The work I take pleasure in recommending. 



