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THE PRACTICAL HORSESHOER. 



I have followed this plan for thirty 3^ears, have never 

 failed to succeed in shoeing- a horse, and have never re- 

 ceived a scratch in doing- the job. — By J. B. G. 



Shoeing a Vicious Horse. 



The accompan^^ing' eng-raving-, Fig-. 53, represents a very 

 good method of shoeing a vicious horse. If followed the 

 plan will enable the smith to shoe an}^ horse without putting 

 him in the stocks. The method is as follows : 



Fig. 52.— Shoeing a Kicking Horse. 



Get a leather strap, two inches wide and four feet in 

 length, with a good buckle on one end. Try it first on a 

 gentle horse. The cut shows how it is put around the fet- 

 lock. Put the strap around the fetlock before raising his 

 foot. You then raise his foot, and have some one draw the 

 strap through the buckle as far as possible. Now buckle it 

 and let his foot down. You must repeat this operation on 



