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rest. He must be got down on his feet one at a time, 

 stand him in a tub of warm water, while those air-puffs 

 are rubbed out through the skin. This shop is locked, 

 curtains up. I am alone. This is a heavy and power- 

 ful horse. There is no other way to get him out of this 

 fix except to compel him to stand on one foot, which 

 must be done by raising the others. It is " business " to 

 hold up the hind parts of that heavy horse, he standing 

 up on his toe, and keep him in the tub and rub his legs 

 at the same time, and change around and keep it up 

 for three or four hours. Walk him around the shop. 

 Soak and rub. Hold him up while doing it; get him 

 nearly down on his heels ; air-puffs are nearly all gone. 

 Open the doors ; out we go. Eun with him awhile ; 

 tie to tree, take up one leg, rub the other, the horse 

 straddling and throwing two-thirds of his weight on 

 me all of the time. Change legs five or six times, 

 then run with him again ten minutes ; tie to the fence 

 the same. Up with a leg by main strength ; rub and 

 change. Keep this up. Eun and tie for two hours or 

 more. Then run with him to the shop; get both of 

 his feet in the tub of warm water. He stands down 

 on his heels flat rest. The air-puffs are nearly all gone, 

 and some hair is rubbed off m spots. That will soon 

 come in again. His trouble is over for a while. I had 

 no time during the operation to listen to bawlers. I 

 could hear them any time, and not go out of my way. 

 It affects the air-puffed horses on their hind legs all 

 in this way, and they have got to go through this or 

 no cure. It is business, but it brings them out all 

 right in a short time if it is done as it should be. 

 Mike is chansred, or the cause is removed. He should 



