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THE PRACTICAL HORSESHOER. 



plank, letting" them extend out half an inch. These answer 

 as leg-s and prevent the rest from sliding-. 



To use the rest put it far enough ahead of the horse to 

 make his knee almost straight. The smith stands with one 

 foot on the i^lank and draws the clinches on the off side of 

 the foot. When the clinches are finished on that side, tlie 

 smith turns to the other side of the foot and completes the 



Fig. 26.— Showing Arrangement of the Bottom of Farrier's Box. 



job. If the horse moves to get his foot away from the rest 

 he must tip it over the long end, and he cannot do this he- 

 cause the smith is standing on this end. The pins prevent 

 his sliding the rest along the floor, and the position of his 

 foot on the rest is such that he cannot lift it easily, and if 

 3'Ou bear down his knee, so as to make it remain straight, he 

 cannot raise his foot at all. — By E. K. W, 



