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THE PRACTICAL IJpRSESHOER. 



Curing a Clicking Horse. 



My method of curing- a clicker, that is, a horse that 

 strikes his hind feet ag-ainst the front ones is as follows : 



I take a pair of front shoes a size too larg-e (I use Juniata 

 shoes when I can get them) and make spring- heels on them. 

 I fit them as long- as usual and put on heavy toe calks but 

 forg-e the toes down until they are no higher than the heels, 



Fig. 117— The Shoe Used for Curing a Clicking Horse. 



as shown in the accompanying illustration, Fig. 117. I fit 

 the shoe level. For the hind feet I use the smallest shoe I 

 can make to answer and fit as in front except that I leave 

 the toe as high again as in front. This never fails to stop 

 a horse from clicking. It is a habit, in m^^ opinion, and the 

 horse acquires it because he chooses to do so, not because 

 he cannot help it. — By I. N. Bailey. 



