weld them together. Bend them across, using 

 the point of the anvil horn in making the bend, 

 smash the parts together, then punch through 

 them and put in a couple of copper rivets. After 

 you have filed the bar ofit smooth, you can 

 hardly tell where it is put together. 



You can make toe-cap or side-cap shoes 

 in the same manner as you would out of 

 steel. If you wish to put on calks or grabs you 

 can do that by dove-tailing them in or making 

 them with a prong at each end and riveting on. 

 Cast aluminum should never be used for horse 

 shoes. 



CHAPTER XXI 



The Last Word. 



Shoeing horses is an art that requires years 

 of practical experience and scientific study to 

 master in all of its intricate forms. To the man 

 who is naturally fond of a horse the study of 

 his action at various flights of speed is a con- 

 stant source of interest and pleasure. 



There is a vast amount of responsibility at- 

 tached to the business of shoeing race horses. 

 If, through ignorance of his profession or care- 

 lessness in performing his duties the shoer 

 makes a mistake in shoeing a horse for an im- 

 portant event, the driver's reputation as a 

 reinsman sufifers and the horse's prestige as a 

 race horse is impaired, to say nothing of the 

 financial loss to the owner, and sometimes to 

 the public. 



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