138 tb:e horse's kefcue. 



on you, and that will botber you in your lesson, Tlie 

 onl}^ way for the inexperienced to learn these grent 

 truths is to watch these horses when they aie in mo- 

 tion. They cannot tell by seeing them standi fjg. The 

 natural horse will stand sometimes, if he is all right, 

 with his leirs sprawled in many ways, and yet be all 

 right, or nearly so; and he can be made by dressing 

 his feet and shoeing, lo all appearance, while standing, 

 to look and seem natui'al to some. When put in mo- 

 tion, he will show his deformed and suffering condition 

 in man}'' ways. This panorama of hoi'ses that is pass- 

 ingf is hard to describe. They have all been brought 

 here to be looked at, and to look at them is what I 

 have come for. The more the horse is deformed and 

 changed from natural, the worse he is used. If he is 

 stiff and sore, he must be driven around the track and 

 scored, to warm him up preparator}^ to trotting. He 

 must be jerked, whipped, and sawed, swung nearly off 

 his feet, being all out of harmony of action, which 

 causes him to cut his heels, and pound his own legs to 

 pieces. These horses are nearly all thrown back off 

 their base, or tied up i.n some way or degree on their 

 feet. They do the best they can. See how that lever 

 they are obliged to rise over throws them up. They go 

 into the air, tangled all up; break, trot forward, run 

 or trot behind, some on one foot, some on both ; some 

 lame on all four feet- and yet it is not seen bv these 

 great horsemen, '^^hicli I shall show if they are honest 

 by the premiums when they are declared off. Some 

 horses burst their feet in man}^ places at top of wall, 

 caused by contracted feet. Then they pull off and 

 quit. Such horses cannot trot fast. They foot short 



