CHAPTER III. 



VARIOUS DEVICES FOR SHOEING UGLY 



HORSES. 



Such a variety of plans for shoeing- unruly horses and 

 mules with the least possible i-isk to the shoer, is presented 

 herewith, that a selection may be made, probabl^^, to fit al- 

 most all cases. 



Shoeing Vicious Horses. 



I *will give my way of handling- bad kicking- horses in 

 shoeing. When I get a horse supposed to be vicious I ap- 

 proach him as quietly as possible and notice the eyes and 

 the ears, which show as plainl}^ as words, whether he is 

 really vicious or only nervous. If vicious, I give him a 

 taste of the war bridle, and if that does not work then I 

 give him some rope along with the bridle, which is sufficient 

 in all cases I ever met 3xt. I use Prof. Rockwell's war 

 bridle sometimes and sometimes Prof. Magner's rope bridle, 

 Fig. 45; either will answer. The rope I use is a f -inch one, 

 from 21 to 24 feet long. I take a piece of good harness 

 leather, l:|-inch wide and 9 inches long, take two y^-inch 

 rings and some copper rivets, and fasten the rings to each 

 end of the strap. I then tie a loop in one end of the rope so 

 that it will not slip, and put it around the neck. I put the 

 other end of the rope through one ring, then pass the strap 

 around the j)astern and the ro})e through the other ring, 

 then forward through the loop on the neck, pull the foot 

 forward, and I have him — for the hind foot. The front foot 



