The practical horseshoer Being a collection of articles on horseshoeing in all its branches which have appeared from time to time in the columns of "The Blacksmith and wheelwright" .. . Fig. 1.—Shoe from the foot of one of the Arabian Stallions presented to General Grantin 1879 by the Sultan of Turkey. ing, the horses of the East have been shod with similar shoesfor the past 500 years, the only variation from the form shownin the engraving being in the opening for the frog, which isusually made dimensions of this shoe are as follows : Length, 5f THE PRACTICAL HORSESHOER. 11 inch
The practical horseshoer Being a collection of articles on horseshoeing in all its branches which have appeared from time to time in the columns of "The Blacksmith and wheelwright" .. . Fig. 1.—Shoe from the foot of one of the Arabian Stallions presented to General Grantin 1879 by the Sultan of Turkey. ing, the horses of the East have been shod with similar shoesfor the past 500 years, the only variation from the form shownin the engraving being in the opening for the frog, which isusually made dimensions of this shoe are as follows : Length, 5f THE PRACTICAL HORSESHOER. 11 inches; width, 4J inches ; thickness, i of an inch. The heel,which is bent up about | of an inch, shows a fracture in theiron at the point where it was originally welded. The nail-holes are one-fourth of an inch in Fig. 2.—Nail taken from an Arabian Horseshoe. Fig 3.—SyrianHorse Nail. ¥ig. 4.—SpanishHorse Nail. In Fig. 2 is shown the st3^1e of nail used in shoeing Ara-bian horses. ? It seems bungling and clumsj^ in comparisonwith the neat, trim American nails. Fig. 3 is, if anything,more bungling in construction than the Arabian nail, andrepresents the nail in use in Syria. Fig. 4, a Spanish nail,is a step forward, and, at least, resembles our modern nail. CHAPTER I. HORSES AND Treatment of Horses. Being* very fond of horses, and finding in a good livelydrive with an occasional friendly *^ brush more of realsolid enjo^^ment than in almost any other recreation, Iam naturally led to think^ much upon the subject of theproper care and treatment of horses, and also throughobservation and comparison to form opinions as to suitablevehicles and best condition of roads, through the mediumof which the most enjo^^ment may be had with the leastof wear and tear and danger. A horse f
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