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unshod horses are safer, sounder, pleasanter to drive, 

 and more economical than if shod. Stumbling rarely 

 occurs. Cutting, interfering, overreaching, and forg- 

 ing never.' 



"A LARGE PART OF THE SHOES MIGHT BE DIS- 

 PENSED WITH. 



" In view of the testimony advanced in favor of 

 unshod horses, it is evident that many of our horses 

 might go without being shod. All such as are troub- 

 led with stumbling, interfering, overreaching, forging, 

 contracted feet, corns, and other affections incident 

 to shoeing, certainly could advantageously be allowed 

 to go without shoeing.* Colts which never have 

 been shod should not be shod until there seems to 

 be actually need of it. Work horses used for drawing 

 heavy loads will probably require shoeing in winter. 

 On the whole, it seems probable that the larger part 

 of the horseshoeing might be dispensed with, and 

 the horses would prove as serviceable at least as at 

 present." 



The London Live Stock Journal, commenting upon 

 "the subject of 



THE SHOELESS HORSE, 

 says : 



" Mr. R. A. Luck's horse, entered into the trades- 

 man's class at Darlington, for the purpose of allowing 

 persons interested with the question of the shoeing 



* Query : If such animals can be improved, perhaps cured, by taking off 

 their shoes, is it not probable that such disorders would be prevented by th? 

 _same means, or by never beginning the practice of shoeing ? 



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