you have been shoeing it, for if it happened to 

 interfere with the action of the foot he does not 

 hit with, you might "change his bark into a 

 whistle" — make him hit with the foot that has 

 not offended and cure him of hitting with the 

 other one. 



This shoe is one of the remedies for one of 

 the evils brought about through the old method 

 of "ringing" or driving a colt in a small circle 

 previously referred to, when he is young and 

 before the bones and muscles of the legs and 

 feet have matured. When a horse's front feet 

 are "set" just the same and the action is iden- 

 tical, use the same style shoe on both feet. 



CHAPTER XVI. 

 Outside or Half-Swedged Shoes. 



Half-swedged — outside or inside — shoes are 

 very useful and very popular. In making them 

 you can leave the inside w^ebb flat, or you can 

 draw it through a half-round sw^edge, making 



Pattern Blocked Out for Regular Cross-Firing Shoe, 

 Swedged Outside, Half Round Inside. 



a more artistic job. Cut the steel long enough 

 for two shoes. Balance it on the hardy and 

 mark the center. Draw the ends down in the 

 half-round swedge, thus making the insides. 

 Then smash the other two halves down in the 

 grooved swedge, leaving about one and one- 



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