THE PRACTICAL HORSESHOER. 



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the Pacific Coast. We employ various methods, but the 

 one I am about to describe answers the purpose very 

 well. 



To shoe an unruly horse, take a leather strap three feet 

 long, made like a hame strap, with a loop on the inside ; 

 pass it around the fetlock; put the end of the strap through 

 the loop and draAV it up close around the fetlock, as shown 

 in the sketch, Fig\ 48, at 1. Take up the foot by the strap 

 and buckle the strap around the fore-arm, as at 2. The 

 horse is now compelled to stand on three legs. Drive on the 



Fig. 48.— Plan for Controlling Vicious Horses. 



shoe and clinch it in this position, unless b}^ this process he 

 has become gentle enough to allow you to unbuckle the 

 strap and take his foot and clinch it up in front. "When 

 done change the strap to the other side and shoe the other 

 foot. To shoe the hind foot, take a rope (your own judg- 

 ment will suggest the length and thickness), tie a knot on 

 the end and another knot far enough from the end to pass 

 around his neck. Pass the knot on the end through the 

 other knot and tighten up the latter so that the end knot 



