During this period of 35 years Mr. Moore has shod many noted trotting and pacing horses, and his long, varied and successful experience justifies the belief that no one is better qualified to write on this subject, and to offer advice in regard to it, than is he, and it is also the belief of those best qualified to judge, that no work of this sort, heretofore written, is more entitled to the confidence of, and acceptance by, the people who own trotting and pacing horses, for whatever purpose they may be used.
With this short preamble in the way of an introduction, we will let Mr. Moore tell his readers in his own words and in his own way how to shoe a trotter or a pacer, so that it may do its best work in the easiest way, and for the greatest benefit to its owner.
W. R. Allen,
Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
June, 1916.
INDEX
| Page | ||
|---|---|---|
| I. | Foals | [1] |
| II. | Preparing the Foot | [3] |
| III. | A Trotter Inclined to Singlefoot and Pace | [6] |
| IV. | Causes of Rough Gait | [7] |
| V. | Shin hitting in Front | [8] |
| VI. | To Prevent Winging in | [8] |
| VII. | Shin hitting Behind | [9] |
| VIII. | Knee and Arm Hitting | [10] |
| IX. | Shoeing a Knee knocker | [12] |
| X. | A Bad Hitter | [13] |
| XI. | A Hitting Pacer | [14] |
| XII. | Elbow Hitting | [15] |
| XIII. | An Unusual Case | [17] |
| XIV. | Paddling | [17] |
| XV. | To Prevent Paddling | [19] |
| XVI. | Hitching, Hopping and Running Behind | [19] |
| XVII. | Forging | [21] |
| XVIII. | Scalping | [23] |
| XIX. | Remedy for Scalping | [23] |
| XX. | Sideweights | [25] |
| XXI. | Wheel Swinging | [26] |
| XXII. | Knuckling Over | [27] |
| XXIII. | Stumbling | [27] |
| XXIV. | Speedy Cutting | [28] |
| XXV. | A Bad One | [30] |
| XXVI. | Gaiting Colts | [31] |
| XXVII. | Neglected Hind Feet | [35] |
| XXVIII. | Knee Action | [37] |
| XXIX. | Slow Get Away, Fast Finish | [37] |
| XXX. | To Convert a Pacer | [39] |
| XXXI. | Converting a Trotter | [40] |
| XXXII. | Contracted Heels | [41] |
| XXXIII. | Cause of Contracted Heels | [43] |
| XXXIV. | Corns | [43] |
| XXXV. | Toe Crack | [44] |
| XXXVI. | Quartercrack | [44] |
| XXXVII. | Dished Toe | [46] |
| XXXVIII. | Concussion | [46] |
| XXXIX. | Founder | [48] |
| XL. | Cross-firing Pacers | [49] |
| XLI. | Important Note | [50] |
| XLII. | Level Feet | [52] |
| XLIII. | Pulling on One Line | [54] |
| XLIV. | A Judge of Gait | [55] |
| XLV. | Bar Shoes | [55] |
| XLVI. | Slipping | [57] |
| XLVII. | Sideweight Shoes | [58] |
| XLVIII. | Toeweight Shoes | [59] |
| XLIX. | Pocket Weights | [60] |
| L. | Interfering | [60] |
| Conclusion | [63] |
THE ART OF SHOEING HORSES.
There is something in the foot of the horse that has been a mystery to many who have been unable to find out the secrets by reading some of the books that have been printed on the different subjects, and experimenting on the same, pertaining to a perfect balance of the trotter and pacer when in action.
I have shod all kinds of horses and have come in contact with all kinds of feet, and with the results gotten by practical experiments, I will try to enlighten my readers and the lovers of the light-harness horse.