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on the watch, always ready to do all I could to relieve; 

 and I went at it where I saw I could help them. Some 

 I could and some I could not ; but I tried and kept 

 trying, though not on the right principle. But I did 

 find out the right principle and get master of the feet 

 at last. 



Hello, here comes Sam Grover. 



"Can you set a shoe?" 



" Yes ; lead in. W.hat ails that mare, Sam V she is 

 awful stiff." 



"Yes; she has been so these two years." 



"How old it she?" 



"Six." 



"Ever done anything for her?" 



"Yes; she has been doctored; has had setons in 

 her shoulders ; blistered. She belonged to Doc. Mede. 

 They think she was stiffened driving tn rough the creek 

 to wash her legs off when he came home." 



"I can cure that mare." 



"Doc could not drive her on the road, so he let his 

 brother Gird have her. She has been turned out sijc 



months." 



"Did that help her any?" 



" No ; she sores up as quick as she ia driven." 



" What breed is she?" 



"Kentucky hunter." 



"Did they pull her sh jes off when they turned heir. 



out?" 



" No." 



" I've got a good young mare coming five that will 

 match that bay of yours, I will trade for that stiff 



mare." 



