36b ON THE ART OF SHOEING. 



That he make ufe of none but the beft, hard 

 and well-wrought iron ; that he fet the horfe 

 upon a flat, and even furface, and never make 

 the fhoe project beyond the heel. 



That he never differ a burning hot fhoe to 

 be fitted to the horfe's foot. 



The above dire&ions may be made general, 

 almoft without exception. 



I am forry to fay that the villainous cuftom 

 of fitting the fhoes red-hot, and of burning the 

 cruft of the foot to a level with the fhoe, in- 

 flead of hammering the iron to the fhape of 

 the foot, fubfift in full force, at this inflant. The 

 mifchief done by this lazy cuftom, to the feet 

 of horfes, is incalculable; a pregnant example 

 of which, is the cafe of Hue and Cry, the trot- 

 ting ftallion ; which horfe loft both his fore- 

 hoofs by it : and, as I have been informed by 

 the owner, the late Mr. Be van, the farrier fat 

 up three nights with the horfe, ufing his utmofl 

 endeavours to prevent a mortification from 

 feizing his feet. 



The hammers of the fmiths are, in general, 

 too large and heavy, that they cannot drive a 

 nail with that truth and accuracy which the 

 cafe requires, and where the fmalleft deviation 

 may occafion difagreeable confequences. The 

 brutal treatment alfo, which horfes experience 

 from too many of the men of this defcription, 

 ought here to be prefled upon the remembrance 



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