It is a spectacle likely to be remembered, the shoeing of Iceland poniesby the farrier, who is almost always unprofessional. Five men, withoutincluding half-a-dozen spectators and advisers, bodily engage in thetask; one holds the cruel twitch, two hang on to the several limbs, oneor two hold up the hoof, and number five plies the hammer. And theresult is that in travelling you must always expect your animals to bepricked.