the American expert sheer, but in America there are too 

 many pretend to be horseshoers, and that knocks the beauty 

 all out of it. There is no organization that I know of that 

 interferes with the fake horseshoer. Here, they look more 

 after a dollar than they look after either man or beast. 

 All the protection you get from being a member of the 

 organization amounts to nothing. Many organizations 

 should improve their conditions, instead of trying 

 to get more members. In making rules it should 

 all be well considered, so that they can be fulfilled with 

 both pleasure and profit, and always consider the customer 

 so that he is not cut out of accommodation. When in the Old 

 Country, I never saw a harness race-horse; until I came to 

 this country, I never heard of a pacing gait. I don't 

 think there are any pacers in Europe. 



For fast going, it is either a trotter or a runner. While 

 I never shod any of that kind, maybe it was because I had 

 only worked at it five or six years. 



I came to this country in 1880, and for the first time 

 used machine-made shoes and nails. That made work 

 easy; aside from that, there were shorter hours here, better 

 wages, too. Tell me, who wouldn't like America ? 



As I said before, scientific shoeing will prevent sin and 

 pain. As it is now, there is too much experimenting done 

 in horseshoeing. For instance, a horse may stumble from 

 his feet being long; he may stumble and fall from his feet 

 being short. The secret is to know at what angle to pare 

 the feet to suit the bearings above, to prevent friction, and, 

 consequently, stumbling, everything else being normal. 

 Now, do not misunderstand me, that I am writing for profit 

 or revenge, even if it appears to you that there are some 

 sweeping remarks, if I have said things that are distasteful, 

 it is, nevertheless, kindly meant. I am writing in hope that 

 it may be of benefit to the horse and the man that owns him ; 

 while I am helping you I am helping myself also, as I am 

 writing this little book to sell and to get enough out of it to 



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