THE HOKSE'S KESCUE, 71 



snrae on all "horses. This mare was contracted but 

 very little. Kow I am going to test this and see how 

 she will stand a big drive in the month of March. 



I drove here on rough roads, up and down hills, 

 two hundred and sixty miles, at from fifty to sixty 

 miles a day, and no founder, no soreness of cords. I 

 bad dressed up her feet for the journey. I sold her 

 that spring to a Mr. Smith. I shod her while he 

 owned her, which was one year. He sold her to Mr 

 Niles, who also owned her for a year, I continued to 

 shoe her. She hauled w^ood all winter over hubs, 

 when Niles sold her for one hundred and fifty dolLars, 

 In a short time she got in another blacksmith shop, 

 and became " foundered " in the chest. Then there 

 was a row. Niles came to me in a rage. 



" Doan, what is there about that black mare you 

 sold to Smith ? They say you say she has been 

 foundered. The man I sold her to wants me to take 

 her back." 



" I have said nothing of the kind. She was the 

 stifiest horse I ever saw when 1 got her. I removed 

 the cause in four days, and can do it again.' 



He had to take her back. I never saw her after 

 "Niles sold her. I had all the horses I could take care 

 of. I could have bought her cheap and sold in a few 

 days, and made some more money on toe-leveroge. 

 I could find this kind of hoi*sesany day, and all over; 

 they were being made everywhere by the wholesale. 

 This work is intended to be an eye-opener. It is "The 

 Horse's Rescue," and if this does not do it, I shall go 

 at it myself again ; it is good business relieving the 

 suffering horse. 



