82 THE HORSES RESCUE. 



I had some hard work at balancing during these 

 intervals at Mr. Bennett's stables of boises, and 

 hundreds of other changes in all stages and degrees. 



Here come two men with a fine pair of young 

 horses. 



" They say you can stop any horse from interfering, 

 lean sell this pair in Elmira for eight hundred dollars 

 if I can get him stopped. I will give 3'ou twenty- 

 five dollars if you will do it. Get in and ride. See, 

 he creeps with his hind feet." 



"I see. You would not give me that amount of 

 money if I did stop him." 



"I will!" 



I had heard that kind of bugling too much to ex- 

 pect any twenty-five dollars, for I well knew I would 

 not get it. I saw at a glance the cause of the horse's 

 creeping and interfei'ing. "Lead in." 



Reader, take this lesson. This horse was run over. 

 Too much weight on inside, which I have explained; 

 lever on toe. He crept for this cause. He hardly 

 dared to step. Such ignoi-ance ! Claiming to know 

 so much and knowing so little ! The man told me 

 they drove about six miles, and went all clear. 



"I guess the old blower has stopped him," said he. 



He shied around for a while, separated that team 

 for fear it could not be done ngain, then tried to get 

 him back, but could not. Did I get the twenty-five 

 dollars? No; this is one case in thousands worse 

 than that in forty-one years' wrestling with the horse. 

 Let us look after this horse whose feet we spread. 

 Try and keep track of this one we are experimenting 

 on. It has been six weeks since he was shod. That 



