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outlet is into the funnel end of the crush, which they readily 

 try, and one horse is at once followed by another, until the 

 gangway is full. 



It takes longer to describe this process than it does to 

 catch up the horses. Fifty men can put head-collars on a 

 hundred horses in eight minutes with very little practice. 

 In regular practice men can do it in half this time, 

 including the leading out of the horses, and placing them 

 in line for inspection. 



With head-collars on, one hundred loose horses have 

 been caught up in the crush in three minutes. 



Forges. — In order to avoid the possibility of neglect of 

 shoeing, the following arrangements are made. There are 

 two enclosures side by side, both opening into the track, 

 and between them are situated the forges, containing ten 

 fires (see Fig. 219). The first of these enclosures is for the 

 reception of the horses set aside for shoeing, and it may 

 conveniently be made to contain, say, 200 horses. In this 

 enclosure there is a crush identical in construction with 

 the crush for general use which has been described. The 

 object of this is to catch up successive lots of horses as 

 they are required by the shoeing-smiths. The second 

 enclosure, situated, as it has been explained, on the other 

 side of the forge-building, is for the reception of the horses 

 after they have been shod. Into this place they are 

 accordingly let loose as the work of shoeing is completed. 

 In both enclosures there are sufficient feeding-troughs, 

 so that the animals can be fed either while they are 

 waiting for shoeing or awaiting return to their paddock. 



Horses that are waiting for shoeing or inspection after 

 shoeing do not lose their exercise. Both these paddocks 

 communicate with the track, and the animals can be 

 exercised by themselves, watered, and fed in the ordinary 

 way. 



One advantage of the second paddock for the last shod 

 horses of any particular day, is that there is a check on the 

 amount of work done, as the number in the second 

 paddock represents the day's work. 



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