ARTISTIC HORSE-SHOEING. 65 



One great trouble with horsemen is this. They will f^o 

 into a blacksmith's shop and say to the blacksmith: '' I want 

 some old shoes put on the colt, because I want something- 

 light." By such a plan as this it is frequently the case that 

 you get a 16-oz. shoe on one foot and a 10 or 12-oz. shoe on 

 the other, and the result is that the colt is unbalanced and 



Fig. 32.— Colt's Shoe. 



in a little while he is interfering, and soon gets to forging 

 perhaps. 



Now we should equalize the weight of the shoes, g-etting* 

 them as near the same weight as possible on both front feet, 

 and as near as possible the same weight on both hind feet. 



To make the shoe represented in tlie illustration, take 

 common halt' round iron, say f or i inch wide and 

 don't crease it at all. Tliey can be shaped around the horn 



