BAD TO SHOE. 



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Station^ Ohio, there was an eighteen year old mare 

 brought in to have her feet handled. She had never 

 been shod bnt two or three times in front, and had 

 never been shod bnt once behind, and that time she 

 had to be held fiat down by six men to have the shoe 

 put on. Since that time she could not be shod at all, 

 and she almost became unmanageable whenever she 

 would come near a blacksmith': shop. I applied the 

 pressure on the spinal cord for about fifteen minutes 

 then removed the roll and put the Excelsior bridle 

 on, and gave her a few pulls with that, after which 

 I could handle her feet with ease. I told the class 

 I would have her shod the next day, and if any body 

 wanted to see her shod they were welcome to do so, 

 but didn't think that there would be but very few out 

 to see her shod. To my surprise nearly seventy-five 

 men came out to see the performance. Some of them 

 came as far as six miles. I gave her a slight repeti- 

 tion of the previous treatment, when she stood right 

 in her tracks to have four shoes put on. Another ex- 

 tremely bad case was an eight year old sorrel horse 

 that was brought to me at Tippecanoe City, 0., for the 

 purpose of having his feet handled. This horse aa 

 soon as he would get into a shop would commence 

 kicking; before even being touched he would kick the 

 ground behind him with all the force he had. I sup- 



