74 THE horse's refcue. 



stands a row of horses, and it is all they can do to 

 stain^. What is tlie matter witli thern? Thev are all 

 uS. of their base, caused by lever power in all stages 

 and deixi'ees of chano-e. and all in the wrcnEr way. 

 " What are these holes cut in here for where the hind 

 feet stand? " "To let the toes draw in to relieve the 

 cords." Let us look around. Here stand some in the 

 water — disabled — soaking their feet, which are con- 

 contracted, and with two sets of feet, and shoes on; 

 head down, suffering; blisters, setons, nnd all man- 

 ner of tortuiing going on. On one side is the shoeing 

 shop; on the other is a professv-^r's or veterinarian's 

 sign. Professor of what? Torturino^ the alread v suf- 

 ferinir horse. And yet he ^rets a orood salarv. Look 

 at tlie condition of the horses, and see if he earns it. 

 We have professional Liiieves, gamblers, and linrs, but 

 their occupation is more useful than mutilating these 

 poor helpless creatures. This work is ''TliE Horse's 

 Rescue." Gerard Doan is the author of it, and he 

 does not "scare worth a cent." There are two 

 brothers connected with this work — chips off of the 

 old block. Let us go to Newburg, in Orange Co., and 

 Bee what we can find there. We see these horses 

 climbing up and down stairs, or inclined planes, two 

 stories high, at nearly quarter pitch, in this deformed 

 condition, all off base or equilibrium or balance. This 

 is not seen, I well know. When these horses are 

 moving on the road they are behind themselves. I 

 can explain it in no other way better than this. It 

 put me in mind of the puppy in pursuit of his shadow. 

 The object always remains at the same distance. The 



