Balancing and Shoeing Trotting and Prancing Horses

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This is a comprehensive handbook for farriers, with a special focus on shoeing trotting and pacing horses. A timeless guide full of step-by-step instructions and handy tips, this volume will be of utility to modern equestrians and those with a practical interest in farriery. Contents include: Foals , Preparing the Foot , A Trotter Inclined to Single-foot Pace , Causes of Rough Colt , Shin-hitting in Front , To Prevent Winging-in , Shin-Hitting Behind , Knee and Arm Hitting , Shoeing a Knee-knocker , A Bad Hitter , A Hitting Pacer , Elbow Hitting , etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in a modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on maintaining and caring for horses. This book was first published in 1916.