Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-04-14
THE HORSES SHOPS.
HOW OFTEN THEY NEED REPLEN-
lSHlNG AND WHAT THEY COST.

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HOW OFTEN THEY NEED REPLEN-
lSHlNG AND WHAT THEY COST.
Resetsing Old Shoes Costs About Half as
Much as New Oncs-The Use of Rubber
Pads-Carriage Horses Shoes Cost More
Than Those of Work Horses.
A work horses shoes cost good deal
more than it's drivers shoes do. Truck |
horses, delivery wagon horses and the
great number of horses used for various |
working purposes, including many
horses driven to hacks and other public !
carriages, are ordinarily shod once
month at cost of 50. so, SO that the |
work horses shoes are likely to cost |
$50 year anyway, and there may be
some additional expense for sharpening |
and resetting.
Sharpening costs $3.50. Whether this
is necessary CT not depends. of course,
primarily upon the weather. 1t may de- |
pend much upon the time OF day the |
horse isdriven. There may be seasons
in which sharpening is not necessary.
Not all drivers get the shoes of their
horses sharpened even when the going
is slippery. Such going may come about
suddenly and unexpectedly, and it may
be of brief duration, and then there are
drivers who under ordinary circum-
r@o.ooe 20 yo fba ,ic1y IF tho oroofor ooet
of a broken shaft or an injured animal
to save the cost of sharpening. OF work
horses in general probably something
more than half have their shoes sharp
ened when the going is slippery. There
are some, however, whose shoes are al
most all kept sharpened at such times
these being the horses that work at
night and in the carly morning before
the sun has softened the ice or melted
it away. These include horses driven
to milk wagons, bakers horses, and go
on, how often the shoes are sharpened
depending on the going.
Usually when horse is shod he is
shod all around. Sometimes there is &C.
casion to put On single shoe, as when
a horse throws a shoe. The cost of
single new shoe is one-fourth the cost
Of set-in the case of a work horse 63
cents. The charge for resetting the old
shoe would be 30 cents. Resetting in
general, from one shoe up, costs about
one. half, or little more than half, as
much as fitting horse with new shoes.
In putting On single shoe an old shoe
would commonly be used, to make it
match those remaining on. If it is not
too much worn, the shoe the horse has
cast would be put back if the driver
picked it up. It is suitable and it fits
If it has not been picked up, then a
slipper is put en- from the pile in the
shop, slipper being the shop name of
the worn shoe taken off and thrown
aside when a horse is reshod.
Horses have peculiarities in wearing
their shoes, just as men do. Some wear
them off more at the tee, some more at
the heel, and some wear them more Oh
one side than on the other. Horses
shoes wear off more quickly on granite
pavements than they do on asphalt, and
the greatly Increased use Of asphalt
pavement has led to correspondingly
increased use CT rubber pads in horses
shoes to give the horses q better foot
hold. Rubber pads, as well as the shoes,
are fitted to the horses foot and nailed
on with the shoe. Shoes with rubber
pads OF this kind for work horses cost,
put on, 81 OR So a set. They are likely
to wear longer than shoes without pads,
but they are commonly replaced or re-
set at tho end OF month. The necessi-
ty for roshoeing the horse at intervals
of about a month is due in considera-
BILE degree to the natural growth Of the
horses hoofs, which require trimming
or other attention about once in SO
often. In the case Of iron shoes, at the
end of month, when they are taken
off, they are likely to he too much Worn
to go another month, and new shoes are
put on. In the case Of rubber pad shoes,
| if they are not too much worn, they are
| reset, and this may be done in perhaps
40 or so per cent Of t ths-- eases. Some
ting t1peld shoes may be put back
witt new pads, sometimes the old pads
with new shoes. 1t depends good deal
on the manner in which the horse wears
them. So that while the first cost of
rubber pad shoes is considerably greater
than that of plain shoes the net cost is
not SO much greater.
The price charged for shoeing a pri-
vate coach Or carriage horse is 81 more
than for shoeing a work horse, or So. So
and rubber pad shoes, such as those de-
scribed, for carriage horses cost S. or sc
a set. Such horses are resIlod ordinarily,
like most horses, once a month, and as
a rule their shoes are also reset III the
middle Of the month. And the shoes C.
private carriage horses are more con-
monty kept sharpened in slippery wealth
er than are those CT work Lorses. Won,
en- are more likely to he disturbed ty
the slipping CT q horse than a man
would be, and the carriage horses are |
usually more valuable than work |
horses, and less risk of injury is taken |
In some cases it might be that the |
charge for shooting horse, either car
riage horse or work horse, would be
according to the time required rather
than by the job, as, for example, il
the case of lame horse. in shoeina
which more than the usual time would |
be needed. Shoes are made and fitted
to meet any requirement, and the cost
might be, according to the amount of
work and time expended, from 81 to So
for a single shoe. New York Sun.
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Flick-Call him musician! Why.
he doesn't know the difference between
a nocturne and symphony.