July, 2004
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To all of those who weren't lucky enough to make it to Rich Petersons on June 26 you really missed out. I myself was only able to stay for half the day, so things were just heating up when I left. Just as promised, quite a few of the "Old Farts" showed up. Including Bob Parks from Sugar Creek OH, Laurie Fiesler from Olmstead Falls OH, Randy Luikart from Mansfield OH, and just inducted into the Old Farts club Mr. Bobby Menker from Findlay, OH. Chris Hawk was generous enough to donate the use of her paint horse for the clinic. Randy worked on the front end, and Bobby and Laurie did the hind. We started off by watching the horse walk and trot up and down the aisle way a few times, then the clinicians went to experimenting. Standing the horse on frog pads, positioning wedge pads in different quadrants of the foot, and then observing the changes it made in the movement of the horse. Farriers don't always have the luxury of being able to take that much time to experiment. When there are ten horses on the shoeing list for the day its hard to justify spending half a day on one. As it was shown, though, there is a lot to be learned from it. Special thanks go to Mr. Rich Petersen and his wife for allowing us to use their facilities for the day, as well as the Clinicians for donating their time.
ATTENTION FARRIERS AND BLACKSMITHS
To anyone who burns coal: We have arranged a source of very good West
Virginia coal. Thanks to the diligence of several people we have found
a source and made arrangements for Thompson Bros. Mining Co. to carry
it for us. This is POCAHONTAS #2, the best blacksmiths
coal in Ohio right now! Believe me I've looked. Thompson Bros. is located
in New Springfield Ohio, to contact call 330-549-3979 and let them know
you heard it through the farriers association.
MEFA would like to welcome Chris Kirk to the Unites States. Chris is the exchange farrier from Whales, and will be spending time with several members of the association over the summer.
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