168 THE horse's RESCUE. 



the sole down to its natural place. It bad to be done 

 by degrees and without taking off the shoes. At the 

 second change I spread her feet three-eights of an inch. 

 This did not effect her as much as the first. It made 

 her lame on the same foot as it had at the former 

 change, but in about ten days she recovered from that, 

 and begun to have knee action and stay on her base 

 better. This was encouraging. This was a light 

 mare ; her weight did not seem to hold the sole down : 

 it was inclined to go back. It had been that way so 

 long that a little raise would effect her. If she could 

 have been put to drawing loads it would have helped 

 to draw her shoulders back to their natural place and 

 kept the sole down, and she w^ould have got out of her 

 trouble in half of the time. That I knew, but I had 

 no such w^ork for her to do. This hor.se must have 

 good care, and if I did it myself I would know it w^as 

 done. I fed her fine middlings. She was old, and in 

 order to cure she must thrive and grow fat. The skin 

 around her shoulders must be got loose and filled up 

 underneath with fat. Withal, it is some work to lim- 

 ber up such cases as this. 



While I was working, on this horse's shoulders 

 George Wpodrough came up. He sa js : 



"Poan, why don't you use some linimeats on her 

 shoulders? It might help you." 



"Yes," I replied, " if might, but I would not put 

 any on her for twenty-five dollars. If I should I would 

 only have to go through all of this work again. I am 

 experimenting on this thing to see if this trash has 

 any curing properties in it. I am well convinced it 

 has not. and have b^en for many years ; and I am go- 



