86 THE PRACTICAL HORSESHOER. 



mortised through the roller, at right angles to each other, 

 for the accommodation of the levers. Nos. 6 and 7 are 

 movable pieces, which are only in use Avhile the mule or 

 horse is being secured. Then they are detached and laid 

 aside, to give the Avorkman free access to the feet 

 of the animal. At No. 8 two ropes are represented 

 which hold the hind feet while the shoes are being fitted 



and nailed to the foi^efoot. If not fastened back the animal 

 is apt to strike forward with his hind feet in his desperate 

 efforts to free himself, and perhaps endanger the sheer. 

 At No. 9 is shown a rope which encircles the neck and is 

 made fast to a cross-piece, as shown in the cut, and its ob- 

 ject is to keep the animal from rearing up. No. 10 is a 

 breast strap which keeps the animal from jumping forward. 

 No. 11 is a rope which goes over a roller and down to 

 another roller, to whicli it is made fast. This latter roller is 

 provided with a crank b^- which your mule can be drawn 

 into the stocks if he objects to going. Tliis rope serves to 

 hold his head up out of the way, and defeat any sinister 

 purpose the animal may have of using his teeth on the 

 sheer. When I get them into this stock tliey are safe. I 

 can shoe the worst mule or horse that can be produced in 

 perfect safety. I have been engaged in shoeing horses and 

 mules for 25 years, and have never failed to shoe anything 

 that came to me. Of late, however, I don't fancy being 

 jerked about b^^ ugly mules. In my 3^oung days I didn't 

 want any better fun tlian to get hold of a wild horse or 

 mule.— -S^ T. J. Palin. 



