Magner's ABC guide to sensible horseshoeing : a simple and practical treatise on the art of shoeing horses . .In addition, it is not the black-smiths duty to expose himselfto be injured or hurt, or to lose time in trying to shoe a wild, unbroken colt. Such colts shouldalways be handled at home until proved gentle, which, by followingout the instructions given, will not be found a difficult task. I haveoften found horses that, in consequence of fear or abuse in a black-smiths shop, could not be shodthere. I will refer here to butone of many cases in point. During my early experience,while at a
Magner's ABC guide to sensible horseshoeing : a simple and practical treatise on the art of shoeing horses . .In addition, it is not the black-smiths duty to expose himselfto be injured or hurt, or to lose time in trying to shoe a wild, unbroken colt. Such colts shouldalways be handled at home until proved gentle, which, by followingout the instructions given, will not be found a difficult task. I haveoften found horses that, in consequence of fear or abuse in a black-smiths shop, could not be shodthere. I will refer here to butone of many cases in point. During my early experience,while at a town in Southern Penn-sylvania, a horse was broughtforward for treatment that couldnot be shod, his particular causeof resistance being fear of theblacksmiths leather apron. Whenfirst taken to the shop for thepurpose of being shod, the ham-mering and flying sparks greatly•excited him, and as the smithcame forward to take up his foot,the appearance of his leatherapron became an object of intense fear. In a short time the coltbecame so violent that he would not allow any one with an apron togo near Fig. 260. -Blindfolding a Nervous Horseto be Shod. 8 BAD TO SHOE. The owner and smith concluded they had a sure thing in thiscase with which to beat me, and came twelve miles for the purpose,leading the horse. They said they would both join the class pro-vided I would make the horse sufficiently gentle to allow a manwith a leather apron on to go near enough to handle him. At thesame time they told their friends secretly that I could do nothingwith the horse, and that they came there for the express purpose ofshowing me up as a humbug. All felt so sure that the horse wouldbeat me that a large number joined the class to see the fun, expect-ing of course they would get their money back. I subjected the horse quickly tothe SecondMethod and WarBridle, not re-quiring in allmore than six oreight minutes,when he could behandled withoutthe least difficul-ty, bein g pe r-fectly regardles
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