120 THE HORSES RESCUE. 



takes time and practical work, like all other great 

 things. 



Reader, let us go on with our work. This iron-gray 

 had been shod before she had grown up to her natural 

 size. Her feet were not their full size, when first 

 ironed, and were held by the shoe from growing nat- 

 ural ; the sole' raised. It served her as it does all 

 others ; threw her back off her base, and held her 

 there, and she partly grew up in this condition. It is 

 a hard job to get such cases back on their base. In 

 about ten days I did accomplish this hard task. She 

 had good knee action. During these ten days I had 

 some cold rides in the night when all were asleep. Her 

 shoulders did not come back as easy as some. They 

 must be worked back by drawing loads after you re- 

 move the cause, and you must keep it removed ; that 

 is, keep the structure of the foot natural, and watch 

 that lever at the toe. This mare's head is up; she 

 moves very fine ; not many move better. I will drive 

 through the town .ind see wliat the eflect will be tak- 

 ing this sail. They all seem to look at me. I do not. 

 see one looking at this mare. The fact is they do not 

 know her. The horse led through the town ten days 

 ago was foundered ; that is incurable. It is the same 

 color. No argument could be produced or used to 

 convince them it was the same horse. The good care 

 and good feed with it had changed her wonderful]3^ 

 I drove past my old friend the blacksmith and shoei-. 

 The better success I had the more his wrath increased. 

 There were several men with him standing in his shop 

 [loor. He commenced as I was passing to rail at me 

 so I could hear it. I drove on. The ihouqht came 



