74 THE PRACTICAL HORSESHOER. 



holding- the foot more than to keep it steady after it is 

 drawn up from the floor with the rope. This is my plan, 

 but there may he other better ones. In shoeing- the fore 

 feet, the shoer must hold and manage the animal the best 

 way he knows how. — By Southern Yankee. 



Shoeing a Kicking Horse or Mule. 



I have had considerable experience in shoeing- kicking 

 mules and horses, and accordingly inclose a sketch, Fig. 50, 

 to illustrate my method in such cases. I take two pieces of 

 spring steel If inches wide, and long enough to make a good- 

 sized pair of hames, bend them to fit a collar and punch holes 

 in the top to let a strap pass through to fit different sizes of 

 collars. I then take a piece of iT^-inch iron or steel, 6 inches 

 long, rivet it on the flat side of the hanie, bend in a circle 

 to clear the collar, and shut a D ring- in the ends, one on 

 each hame — as shown in the engraving annexed. Tie in 

 the ring a strong |-inch rope on the side opposite to Avhere 

 you are to work ; pass this rope around the fetlock to the 

 other ring, and tie to suit yourself. Hook an open link on 

 the ropes so the animal cannot get his other foot through 

 them, and you have him. When you raise the foot to drive, 

 the rope will be tightened, and he cannot kick you either 

 in driving or clinching. — By W. W. K. 



Device for Shoeing Vicious Horses. 



I will describe my patented device for shoeing- vicious 

 horses, as shown in the accompanying illustration. Fig. 51. 

 The sheave net under the tail has a latching wedge which 

 clutches the rope at any place where it is desired to do so. 

 The leg can be taken backward or forward at the will of 

 the shoer, and the horse is held securel}^, for no amount of 

 struggling and kicking can enable him to get his foot down. 



