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this horse has got to be balanced in some way to 

 equalize his weight. Shorten that lever on toe, and 

 fret his weiorht in center of foot, on all of his feet, or 

 nearly so, by dressing foot, or preparing shoe, or by 

 both. 



" Well, Joe, you are too tall ; you will raise him too 

 much ; it will tip him over. I will try him. This 

 foot has got corns?" 



^' Yes ; I had them dug out and tar burnt in." 



" They are sore now ?" 



^'Yes." 



"Ever do anything more to them?" 



*'I put in spirits of salts and butter of antimony." 



"Cure them?" 



"Ko." 



" What is this hole in the toe ?" 



"A veterinarian said he was foundered ; bleeding in 

 the toe would cure him." 



" How much blood did he take from him?" 



" Five quarts from each toe." 



"Well, what else?" 



" He corked it with tar and tow, and burnt it in with 

 a hot iron." 



"Cure him?" 



"No." 



" We will never get this horse shod if we do not 

 quit examining them. What is this hole in this foot?" 



" Well, a fellow told me to bore a hole in the bot- 

 tom of his foot and fill it up with turpentine. It 

 would cure him." 



" Bid you ?" 



"Yes." 



