horse. 



126 OF THE DISEASES 



Good iron makes a light shoe wear as long as a 

 heavier one of inferior metal. 



To shoe a 1 04. All horses may be shod almost without 

 some difficulty — certainly without casting. The chief 



difficulty generally occurs with the hind feet. The 

 following plan will be found successful : — 



1st. To prevent the possibility of the horse 

 getting loose, put, in addition to the ordinary 

 snaffle, a running loop, with a long rope attached, 

 round his neck. There is a little art in putting a 

 noose on, so as to have the best control over the 

 horse. 



2nd. Put another rope with a proper shank round 

 his hind fetlock. 



3rd. Pull up his hind leg from before. The 

 horse will at first resist this, and try and get his 

 foot to the ground. If he succeeds in doing so, 

 pull up the leg again immediately; never let his 

 foot rest for an instant on the ground. It will 

 probably require three or four men at the rope to 

 keep the horse from getting his foot down. 



But in time — say in twenty minutes, or half an 

 hour — he will be tired, and be glad to rest his leg- 

 on the knee of the farrier who comes to shoe him. 



Since the days of Mr. Rarey we have learnt to 

 effect much the same object as regards ihe fore leg 

 by strapping it up ; but where a leg is strnpped 

 up it is necessary, as a precaution, to provide a 



