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THE PRACTICAL HORSESHOER. 



tail or the strap round the ankle ? I have always contrived 

 some way to do it, g-enerally by holding up one of the fore 

 feet. I once shod a horse in this way, that had been all 

 round the county to be shod, and it had been giyen up as 

 impossible to do in an^^ other way except to cast him. He 

 did not hinder my man more than fifteen minutes, and he 

 always shod well afterwards. — By A. C. 



[As it would be impossible to shoe a kicking- horse having 

 a short tail by the method described by *'A. C," the 

 folloAving is suggested : 



With a long rope form a sort of collar, as at A in the en- 



Fig. 47.— Another Plan for Shoeing Kicking Horses. 



graving, Fig. 47, then let the rope pass between the fore 

 legs at C, and stopping at B, pass over and around the 

 body, and tie at B. Join another rope at E, with braces on 

 each rump, as shown in the illustration. A similar strap 

 to the one used by ^^A. C." could be buckled around the 

 ankle at D, and the rope leading from E, passed through 

 the ring in the same manner as suggested b}^ "A. C." 

 Afterwards proceed as ** A. C." has described above. — Ed.] 



To Shoe Unruly Horses and Mules. 



I give, for the benefit of others, my plan of shoeing 

 wild horses, after nearly eighteen years' experience on 



