I used to live and was bought by Mr. J. R. Mitchell, of 

 that place, was trained and raced by Mr. Harry Leggett. At 

 the beginning we had some trouble keeping her hind shoes 

 in place as she would not or could not pace without calks, but 

 before she started racing, I put on a pair of shoes as shown 

 in Cut 10, and provided Mr. Leggett with an extra pair. 

 With those two pair of shoes she won eight races out 

 of ten starts. And I believe, if her toes had been shortened, 

 when the second pair were put on she might not have 

 lost them because the time was not any faster, but the long 

 toes tired her at the last end of the mile and Mr. Leggett 

 had to take third money in both of those last two starts. 

 When Mr. Leggett came home with his string, he had had a 

 very successful campaign. I asked Mr. Leggett, why did 

 you not have Lillian C's hind feet shortened? Well, said 

 he, when you get away from home and got to depend on all 

 kinds of blacksmiths, and when your horses are all going 

 good, it is my experience to not let them make much change 

 on the feet and especially feet like Lillian C's. This is 

 one time that I was well pleased, when we put the new set 

 of hind shoes on, all the old nail holes fit it. It made the 

 cap fit solid against the toe and today they are just as they 

 were put on. Now, to make a long story short, shoeing 

 and shoes, is, after all, one of the main parts of a horse's 

 success for speed and endurance. Notice, for instance, this 

 shoe, the last nail holes are punched to the extreme at the 

 heels because it was the best part of the feet, I welded the 

 side clips to the shoe the same as the heels and toe calks. 

 I welded them because I got a stronger and longer clip 

 and it was in part of those clips that added to the success 

 in making the shoe stay. I forged a toe cap from the stock 

 of the shoe about three and one-half inches around the 

 toe. Nailed them with No. 5 Capewell City Head, in that 

 way the two sets of shoes were held in place for ten weeks' 

 racing. Of course, it takes a little extra time to make those 

 special shoes but if they are made just right, put on right, 



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