64 Artistic horse-shoeing. 



cers it is necessary to pursue exactly the opposite course to 

 what is necessary with trotters. 



As a general thing* the lighter the shoe the faster a 

 pacer will travel. I make , pacers shoes down as low as 4 

 oz. and from that up to whatever size it may appear neces- 

 sary for the horse to carr}^ Always punch your nail holes 

 as near the toes as possible with all light shell horses. 



Fig. 31.— Flat TROTTiNa Plate. 



COLT S SHOE. 



Fig. 32 shows a colt's shoe. The first two or three years 

 a colt is shod more pains should be taken with the shoes 

 than is required afterwards. A colt's foot is like the foot 

 (^r a growing boy. It is not very strong and it does not 

 take but a little to get it twisted and warped out of shape. 



