Gleason's horse book The only authorized work by America's king of horse tamers, comprising history, breeding, training, breaking, buying, feeding, grooming, shoeing, doctoring, telling age and general care of the horse . of his withers to the bottom of his front foot fifty-seven inches, andfrom the point of the shoulder to the point of the hip; length ofhorse, sixty-two inches. Parties buying by thi3 rule will find it in-variable. The Way to Shoe a Vicious Horse. Take a strap and buckle around the hind foot below the fetlockjoint, and take a rope ten feet long and place it through the ringupo
Gleason's horse book The only authorized work by America's king of horse tamers, comprising history, breeding, training, breaking, buying, feeding, grooming, shoeing, doctoring, telling age and general care of the horse . of his withers to the bottom of his front foot fifty-seven inches, andfrom the point of the shoulder to the point of the hip; length ofhorse, sixty-two inches. Parties buying by thi3 rule will find it in-variable. The Way to Shoe a Vicious Horse. Take a strap and buckle around the hind foot below the fetlockjoint, and take a rope ten feet long and place it through the ringupon this strap; take a wooden pin four inches long and an inch indiameter, lay directly across the hair of the horses tail—doublingthe hair over the pin makes a loop—then tie a slip-knot in one endof the rope and pass it over the end of the tail and the pin; nowreach down and take hold of the rope, stepping directly behind thecolt, and say to him take up your foot, sir, and pull the rope at ithe same time. After picking up his foot four or five times, by the -117-. Handling a Colts Hind Feet. use of thia rope, you can handle his hind feet with ease to be shodHandle the other foot by the same process.
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Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjecthorses, bookyear1892
