THE horse's rescue. 77 



" I think he must have cut them out on stone." 



That is not it; his feet are badly contracted ; the 

 circulation is all cut off from the frog by the pressure. 

 The sole each side of the frog. You must get him 

 out of that." 



"Will you do it forme?" 



" I will" 



"All right ; we will have a frog in those feet in less 

 than a year. This horse had not been used in nearly 

 one 3^ear. He could not travel. He was a present to 

 John from a friend. John suffered with the horse. I 

 relieved them both. How? I will tell you. I 

 spread his feet, and told John to drive him every day. 

 In one year he had the colt's foot on him, and John was 

 offered five hundred dollars for him. He would not 

 sell him. How much did I get for him ? How much 

 did I get" for that job ? The price of shoeing the horse 

 and John's friendship, and that is more than I got from 

 thousands for the same job. I am going to send John 

 one of these books if I live. 



Where next? On the floor in David Townsend's 

 shop, driving on shoes for two fighters; work four 

 days at one dollar per day ; have a row. I refuse to 

 drive on shoes unless they are more properly fitted ; 

 am called a damned botch. I told them I never had 

 slaughtered horses when I knew it, and I sliould not 

 begin now. I am ordered out of the shop. I picked 

 up my tools and told them I would have a shop of my 

 own in this place soon. "You can't shoe ail of the 

 horses if you do,'' is the reply. 



Where next ? In a shop on the bank of the canal ; 

 wrestled with the horse earlvand late. There are nine 



