28 THE horse's rescue. 



years against a power of opposition. I assure you we 

 are not ignorant of our surroundings. All great 

 things are small at the beginning. An}^ great science 

 like this is in advance of the age. The craft is in 

 danger. This great discovery looms up head and 

 shoulders over all. I return to the suffering horse; I 

 cannot get away from him. I said the structure of 

 the foot was changed from natural. No matter how 

 much or how little, or in what way, or what degree, 

 the horse's suffering commences at the first change. 

 The more he is changfed from natural, the more in- 

 tense is his suffering, until death comes to his relief. 

 It will be well to mention a few cases here. While I 

 was looking for one of these sufferers to demonstrate 

 soiiie things and relieve their suffering, I went into a 

 stable at Elmira. There I saw one of thousands of 

 cases like this, lying in a small, un ventilated place, on 

 a pile of manure — a fine young horse, with sores on his 

 sides. I asked how long he had been in that condi- 

 tion. I think they said about three months. I asked 

 what ailed the horse. They said he had bruised his 

 feet working in the stone quarry. He was gnawing 

 his feet, and had holes gnawed at the top of the hoof. 

 There were marks of teeth all over his feet. He was 

 not what I w^as in search of. I tried to buy him. 

 They said he was a fine horse. It would take some 

 money to buy him. How much, I asked, will it take? 

 "One hundred and fifty dollars." That horse died; 

 and, worse than all, his shoes were on. He was com- 

 pletely paralyzed. I well knew^ what ailed him — cup 

 foot badly contracted, or, in other words, changed 



