to go straight and saving horse-shoeing 

 expenses. 



An ulcerated or a sharp, ragged tooth will 

 do damage to a horse in a day that often takes 

 weeks to remedy. And if his feet are made to 

 do things they should not do, or have not done 

 before, the veterinary dentist should be con- 

 sulted before the horseshoer is asked to 

 straighten him out. If you will follow this line 

 of thought I believe you will find it unneces- 

 sary to make any changes in the horse's foot- 

 wear if you are fortunate enough to secure the 

 services of a first-class tooth artist. At least, 

 I think this will be the result in the majority 

 of such cases. 



CHAPTER XIV. 

 Making the Shoes. 



Makino- horseshoes by hand is now in vogue 

 only in the shops where light harness, saddle 

 and show horses are shod. Time was, and it is 

 not so very long ago, that nearly all horses do- 

 ing heavy hauling in the cities were shod with 

 hand-turned shoes. But this has all been 

 changed in the last few years and I look for the 

 time to come soon when most all of the pat- 

 terns of shoes worn by trotters and pacers will 

 be made by machinery. In fact there are many 

 shoes made by machinery at the present time 

 that are well suited to the light harness horse, 

 except when he is getting fast work or is rac- 

 ing. There will, no doubt, always be a demand 

 for special shoes to fit special cases, but the 

 question of different styles of shoes has been 



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