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with all he has had done to him, the first cau^e has not 

 been removed. This horse is the on 5 that liad £o much 

 experimenting done on him, and still he is alive ; and 

 to the first cause there have been several more added. 

 The structure of the feet have been out of harmony 

 all this time. This horse's feet and legs are nearly 

 paralyzed, and he has been a constant sufferer all this 

 time. After long-standing cases like this thei'e is 

 some work to be done to let this horse down at the 

 heels, change the structure of the foot back, and put 

 it internally in harmony of action ; relax the cords on 

 all four legs, and equalize his weight on the center of 

 each foot, and balance him on an equilibrium in the 

 center, and equalize the lever in length on all four feet, 

 and equalize the weight on the eight separate heels so 

 as to cause him to travel on a straight line ; and yet 

 this can be done, so much so, that it would be hard 

 for the closest observers to tell where the defect is if 

 there is any. There are many cases that are past cure. 

 They can all, or nearly all, be helped. Old horses are 

 not worth curing. They are never as good as they 

 would have been if they had not been in this condi- 

 tion. Young horses are easier to change back, and are 

 as good as ever. This poor horse is the final result of 

 thousands and millions on the globe. There is no use 

 describing the process of curing him. The same 

 method by which I cured the dapple-brown called 

 Mike cures all the troubles they are thrown in that I 

 have laid cown in this book. I never tried to cure 

 bog or blood spavin by throwing the unequal weight 

 o2 their legs or removing the unnatural strain to see 

 what the cfiect would be. I considered them incur- 



