PREFACE. 



Numerous works on horseshoeing have, from time to 

 time, been pubhshed, but each one from the pen of a 

 single individual and representing only his experience 

 and theories as to the best methods of practice. 



The present work embraces the varying views of a 

 large number of horseshoers located in all parts of the 

 United States, and as such is unique in its conception, 

 The articles presented in the following pages have, many 

 of them, been called out in response to the special in- 

 quiries of readers of The Blacksmith and Vllieehviight^ 

 and all of them have previously appeared in the columns 

 of that journal. 



Nearly or quite every phase of this intricate subject 

 is treated in some shape or other. At the risk of being 

 accused by some shoers of presenting misleading views 

 or incorrect methods, the CompiJer has been liberal in 

 making selections from the mass of matter which has 

 appeared during the past ten years in the pages of The 

 Blacksmith and Wheehvright. He has deemed it better 

 to occasionally err in a selection rather than set himself 



