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horse submit the feet. In addition, it is not the black- 

 smith's duty to expose himself to be injured or hurt, or to 

 lose time in trying to shoe a wild, unbroken colt. Such 

 colts should always be han- 

 dled at home until proved 

 gentle, which, by following 

 out the instructions given, 

 will not be found a difficult 

 task. I have often found 

 horses that, in consequence 

 of fear or abuse in a black- 

 smith's shop, could not be 

 shod there. I will refer 

 here to but one of many 



Cases in point. FIG. ISO. Simplest method of making a 



During my early experi- nervous horse stand to be shod, 

 ence, while at a town in Southern Pennsylvania a horse 

 was brought forward for treatment that could not be shod, 

 his particular cause of resistance being fear of the black- 

 smith's leather apron. 

 When first taken to the 

 shop for the purpose of 

 being shod, the hammer- 

 ing and flying sparks 

 greatly excited him, and 

 as the smith came forward 

 to take up his foot, the ap- 

 pearance of h i s leather 

 apron became an object of 

 intense fear. In a short 

 time he became so violent 

 that he would not allow 

 any man with one on to approach him. 



Thfe owner and smith concluded tkey had a sure thing 



FIG. 181. Blindfolding a nervous horse 

 to be shod. 



