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… shows him the horse’s hoof. This first inspection will give him a general idea of how much work he’ll have to do to trim the hoof, shape the horse-shoe, and seat it firmly in place. The precise fitting of horse-shoes has always been a supremely important art… remember the old poem: “For want of a nail a shoe was lost, for want of a shoe a horse was lost, for want of a horse a battle was lost, all for want of a nail.”
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