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my track. During this horse fight a Cornell student 

 ari'ived in town, a graduate under Prof. Law. He put 

 up at Bennett's hotel. He had a large stock of knives 

 and instruments. They were polished nicely. Whnt 

 use lie made of them I know not. I have no use for 

 such. He had a lot of bones of horses' legs that had 

 been spavined and ringboned. He told me they were 

 all curable but one ; the pastern joint where the ring- 

 bone is located had grown solid together. That, he 

 said, was incurable. I told him cases w-here the bone 

 was so badly affected as they were it was out of the 

 power for any man to cure, for this reason : he could 

 not remove the cause. The bone is fall of lioles; the 

 enamel is all off; the bone is rasfsfed and rouirh. You 

 cannot make it natural and smooth again. Of course 

 t],atset him to howling. He was an effect doctor. I 

 a ked liim if he ever saw a horse's foot expand or 

 spread at the heels at once three-quarters of an iiu-h. 

 No; it could not be done. They say it would npo 1 

 the horse. You would be arrested for cruelty to'ani- 

 mals. '* Look here^ professor^ are you personally ac- 

 quainted with that personage, 'They Say?' I have 

 heard so much about him I would like te see him and 

 have an introduction. He seems to be very wise. 

 Nearly all appeal to him and quote him. If I could 

 get acquainted with him I might get him to help me 

 cure horses. I am spreading horses^ feet and curing 

 them every day, and nights too, and no one is smart 

 enough to tell how it is done. I can't see any danger 

 from They Say. This new-born babe on the horse had 

 just started out after graduating at Cornell Univers- 

 ity. He will learn, like all others, by experience. It 



