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work, he is not natural. But this is the best that can 

 be done with him-^shoeing him. Try him. Place 

 his foot back as far as you can from point where his 

 foot now stands, and that is back of straight. You 

 can see he cannot get his foot down flat on heel more 

 than two feet, and the corks are higher 'than the toe 

 cork, a little. How is this, the heels are pinched in, 

 and the structure is changed enough to cause that, and 

 I cannot fix it shoeing. 



I have cured thousands of this kind of feet of lame- 

 ness, and the owners were well pleased and talked for 

 me ; and I will thank them right here. This work is 

 for them and all mankind and the suffering horse ; and 

 when you read this work do not take any offense, for 

 it is not intended to ridicule. I have thought of writ- 

 ing this wci'k for nine years. How to convey it in a 

 book I could not study out, for I talked and explained 

 continually. They did not learn much and worked. 

 I have taken this way of explaining my methods of 

 treatment because there is no other way of giving the 

 information I wish to convey. It is all meant for 

 your interest and that of your poor, suffering Horses. 



Well, we have not got that horse done j^et His 

 foot is growing. He will go very well for a while, and 

 you will hear from that lever purchase if you let it get 

 too long. I am done with him. 



Next! This horse I do not like to tackle. It is a 

 hard job, but I can help him a little. He has got it 

 bad, but it must be done. It will make us both sweat 

 before we get through. This horse has a thickshelled 

 cup foot He has got cold standing here. We should 

 have shod him first while he was warm. Can't shoe 



