THE PRACTICAL HORSESHOER

Author: Richardson, M.T. (Milton Thomas), (Compiler)
Title: THE PRACTICAL HORSESHOER
Publication: New York: M.T. Richardson, 1889
Edition: First Edition

Description: Hardcover. Octavo. Brick red cloth-over boards with black lettering framing a graphic of a farrier at work. Gilt lettering to spine. Shelfwear and rubbing to boards and extremities, and while one of the latter signatures is a bit loose, with stitching visible, book is still holding well. 279 PP. Plus 3 pp. Index, and 4 pp. of ads at rear.

Includes a chapter on "Various Devices for Shoeing Ugly Horses" (meaning vicious, unruly, or merely nervous horses). The author writes: "When I get a horse supposed to be vicious I approach him as quietly as possible and notice the eyes and the ears, which show as plainly as words, whether he is really vicious or only nervous. If vicious, I give him a taste of the war bridle* and if that does not work then I give him some rope along with the bridle, which is sufficient in all cases I have ever met yet..."

Other chapters include: Preparing the Foot -- Hot or Cold Fitting, Which?; Contracteds Feet; Corns and How to Treat Them; Interfering and Over-Reaching; Quarter Cracks and Split Hoofs; Shoeing Knee Sprung, Flat-Footed or Club-Footed Horses, etc.; Docking; Tips for Trotters; Horse Physiognomy; Ox Shoeing. Good Only.

"...The present work embraces the varying views of a large number of horseshoers located in all parts of the United States, and as such is unique in its conception. The articles presented in the following pages have, many of them have been called out in response to the special inquiries of readers of The Blacksmith and Wheelwright, and all of them have previously appeared in the columns of that journal." (Author's Preface). NOTE: The articles to which the author refers appeared in that above-mentioned publication during the ten years previous to this book's publication in 1889.

Seller ID: 88458

Subject: Crafts, Hobbies, Archaic Skills

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