THE HORSE 3 RESCUE, 83 



lever has grown some. His feet are lower from top 

 of wall to ground than it was when wc fust shod him. 

 It has been growing all the time. Expanding the foot 

 lowers it. The structure is nearly in harmony inter- 

 nally. He begins to play and shows some signs of 

 action. Let us shoe him. Reader, these are facts, 

 not lies. Dress his feet. What is this we come to 

 cupping out his foot, not seen before ? It seems to be 

 a mass of corruption, a waterj^, bloody substance I 

 cannot describe. His feet are all the same. At that 

 time I had never seen any so bad. Let us pare and 

 clean out. There seems to be a sole under this cor- 

 ruption. Shoe again, so the foot will expand by the 

 horse's own weight. It will go easy now. This horse 

 goes in the team again with his mate. Do not forget: 

 Like causes produce like effects on all horses. There 

 is no safety unless you understand the principles laid 

 down in this work. I saw this horse three years later 

 at w^ork. I did not go to him. I was i-iding through 

 the village of Horseheads. Good-bye, poor horse. 



I improved the condition of all of Mr. Bennett's 

 stable of horses so much that he talked continuallv for 

 me. That brought all of the shoers down on me, and 

 the doctors in their rage knew no bounds. During 

 this battle I waked up at two o'clock in the night. 

 Hearing a noise at the barn I went out and found it 

 all on fire. My horse and rigs were all consumed. 

 That day was spent in clearing up. the wreck. The 

 next day I was again in the shop battling for the 

 horse. The cripples still came pouring in from all 

 quarters. This shop was small. I must have more 

 room. During this time a man was stopping at Mort 



