88 THE ITINERANT HORSE PHYSICIAN 



my immature appearance was against me; there- 

 fore, I will always believe that those cards opened 

 the way. 



There was not much veterinary work done 

 there that day, but as near as I could tell, I got 

 all that was there. For three hours I fixed horses' 



"I never use a mouth speculum, but pass one of my hands into the 

 mouth and feel of every tooth" 



teeth; one horse after another, just as fast as I 

 could. I know that the greater part of that time 

 those quacks were standing around in the crowd, 

 looking at my performance. Dentistry was one 

 thing I could do at that time, and I had a few 

 knacks up my sleeve which always created aston- 



