tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8346569.post3087822014958514817..comments2023-07-03T11:31:43.687-04:00Comments on Fran Jurga`s Hoofcare + Lameness: Smiddy Stane: What Is this?Fran Jurgahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05714349624852287450noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8346569.post-48937619872523651482010-08-15T05:37:51.473-04:002010-08-15T05:37:51.473-04:00Pass. it's not some weird kind of ground tie t...Pass. it's not some weird kind of ground tie thingie is it??<br /><br />I looks like something a bulky athlete might throw around!!Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00625881538240368145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8346569.post-79343027282839582012010-08-08T14:08:50.925-04:002010-08-08T14:08:50.925-04:00I think it is an antique horse tether as were ofte...I think it is an antique horse tether as were often found in front of residences instead of the usual hitching post.<br />Gail Meyer<br />Ocala, FloridaGailhttp://gfmfla@earthlink.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8346569.post-18654396754923628842010-08-08T10:03:14.235-04:002010-08-08T10:03:14.235-04:00....remember seeing pictures of: "in the old .......remember seeing pictures of: "in the old days" .... "horse and buggy doctors" .... made house calls ...upon getting out of buggy, the doc would drop this heavy block (cement ?) in front of carriage horse and snap a tie line into it .... suppose any carriage horse could be tethered that way (if broke to do so).<br />Kim Kobow / Salinas, CaliforniaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8346569.post-32630058170257784702010-08-07T16:14:29.569-04:002010-08-07T16:14:29.569-04:00Why a stone like that would be placed outside a bl...Why a stone like that would be placed outside a blacksmith shop to tie horses to when they were waiting to be shod. I know this cause my moms best friend was a farrier and I drive so I tie my horses, you know about all sorts of old tying methods.<br />I do believe in Scotland they used to toss them in tests of strength.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523660446608394720noreply@blogger.com