42 THE HOKSE's rescue. 



buck straight, Where is the weight now? It is 

 nearly in the center of the foot That's right. Don't 

 be ill a hurry; we will take a sail after this horse 

 soon. We are experimenting now. There is some- 

 thing more, before we start, to be looked to. I told 

 3^ou when we dressed this foot to prepare it for the 

 shoe we must have the brace slanting a little down 

 toward the frog, and have a flat rest on the shoe-heel. 

 Now the shoe rests on the shell all around, and it is 

 up from the sole. Where is that foot-hook? Let us 

 clean out everything under that shoe clear out to 

 nails. Have the hook thin. The foot is middling sof t<. 

 Pile in. Let us have a sail after this mare. Thunder ! 

 how cold it is. Yes, it is, but we can stand it to ride 

 four or six miles, I guess. G-^-lly ! she moves finely. 

 Look at that knee action. See where her head is. 

 Whoa; let us get her in the barn ; cover her up after 

 she eets done steaminof. Let us look at the bottom of 

 the feet to see what we can find. There ! that frog is 

 down even with the heel of the shoe. Let us look at 

 the foot at the heel, and that sits fiat on the flat rest 

 on shoe. Let us look at the bottom. This foot is 

 not as cupping as it was. How is that ? Look at heel 

 of foot where it rests on heel of shoe. It is spread a 

 little. What did that? Before we took this i-ide the 

 sole was raised up, as I have explained before, and the 

 structure of the foot was changed from natural. I 

 prepared the foot and shoe for the operation. The 

 weifrht of the horse is in the center of the foot. The 

 drive settled the sole down in the cup or top of hoof, 

 and when the sole is down in its natural place^ all is 

 in harmony of action. It should in no case go below 



