Show horses are finicky about the fit of their shoes canton ohio A fine racing horse says W A haddox veteran blacksmith and authority on race horse shoeing is more finicky about the shoes he wears than a debutante going to her coming out party give a spirited horse a shoe that is an ounce off weight or a fraction of an inch too thick and his chances of winning will be lost haddox said on the other hand like hu man beings horses have foot ail all ments that can be cured and the horse built into a winner by proper shoeing haddox one of the old school of smiths refuses to let the prodoc tion manufactured shoe replace the hand forged shoe shoes for human beings can be turned out in factory lots he said but when it comes to horses a shoe must be built to actual measure ments of the hoof to be perfectly satisfactory for the horse to get all the speed available out of his muscles |