Shoeing a Vicious Horse.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 12 February 1891, Page 3

Shoeing a Vicious Horse.

M Ah interesting experiment witl ch.oroform has jnst been tried on t horse in Milwaukee, belonging to i Hr Joseph Solomon. In describinj tj*e^jhcieriment, Clarke's Morse Be vusw^yi that '♦ the animal, uaaal;; gentle, i'>ecame vicious the momen his hind feet were touched. Hi ownethad 1»W biitt iH nearly ever]

blacksmith's shop in the city, bu '. every attempt to put shoes on bin 5 proved futile. Finally Mr Solomoi tried it again at a shop in Fourti i- street, when veterinary surgeon F I. Tonssant suggested the use o: i- chloroform. Mr Solomon consented and the novel operation was per i formed. After the horse had beei c scoured on tne 'amputating' tabh a he was made to inhale 6oz of chloro c form, which took effect after a lap.-( 0 of six minutes. The kicking quad- - ruped was then dead to the world - Christ Laminski, a blacksmith in theemp'oy of William Herzer, stood 1 ready with his tools, and twenty f minutes Inter a pair of strong shoes s was attached to the animal's bind I- foet. Halfau hour later the sub- . dued kicker came to again. For 1 fully ten minutes he tried his best Lc . liberate himself from the undesired . encumbrance, but, failing in it I finally gave in and trotted away meek and humbled. The horse upI parently suffered no inconvenience } whatever from the large dose oi t chloroform." P M — >M ™'— — ™* ■— ■ — — — — -^— ■ *