pay a blacksmith's bill, you can pay it. It all depends on 

 how bad you want to pay it, but we must not only wish for 

 a thing, we must work for it. Let me prove to you from 

 what I have said as to myself when I came to this country 

 from Germany, I had to learn the new language. I was 

 then twenty-five years of age. I had never heard or saw in 

 print the American language. I had never been to school 

 and have never had anyone teach me, but I was bound to 

 learn to read the American print. I have labored many 

 nights, have gone without sleep trying to accomplish some- 

 thing that I really wanted, and, in that way, I have learned 

 to read and write. This sort of a self-education is as 

 hard to get as it is to understand the anatomy and function 

 of a horse's foot, maybe a little worse. But it matters not 

 how hard it is. Intelligent labor is a pleasure as well as 

 profit, because reward of success and accomplishment is 

 gained thereby. If we don't stop to learn, we will always 

 be able to earn. I have learned enough about horseshoeing 

 that I know it is a science, and I want to say right here : 

 Legislation should acknowledge it as such. Many race 

 horses have become winners after properly shoeing them. 

 There is speed in a horseshoe like there is happiness in love, 

 if we know how to make it. A horse's stride can be short- 

 ened or lengthened, it may be regulated by the angle of the 

 foot. If you want to shorten a horse's stride and you can- 

 not change the angle of the foot by paring, then elevate the 

 heel by placing a wedge of leather between shoe and foot. 

 Secure the leather with a rivet to the branches of the heel. 



There are race horses, their strides in front are too 

 long because of an excessive development of the extensor 

 tendon. At times, it makes a horse look as if he was labor- 

 ing and makes hard work for him : If you want to length- 

 en a horse's stride, and if the feet are at the right angle, let 

 the feet be as they are ; use an even plain shoe, then put on 

 an adjustable toe weight. The toe weight will cultivate the 

 extensor tendon and muscles, and in time will produce a 



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