2T6 THE horse's rescue. 



traded some, as almost all horses are that have had 

 their feet ironed. This was not the worst trouble 

 with this horse. He was badly thrown off his base by 

 cutting his heels too low and not cutting the toe down, 

 leaving the toe at least one inch and a half too long. 

 This was a short job to remove the cause of all of this 

 poor horse's trouble. His feet were soft ; he had 

 soaked them himself. I did the work on this horse. 

 This wonderful wise veterinarian had commenced at 

 the toe of this horse's foot ; cut back towards the point 

 of frog crossways at least two inches deeper as he 

 went back ; he had cut a large hole through in this 

 useless hoof in order to reach the sensitive part of the 

 membrane, as it is called by some. This had been 

 done long enough so nature had in a measure repaired 

 the damage. The first thing we did for this horse was 

 to pare these feet well down at the toe until this hole 

 was all gone, cutting but little from the heel, just 

 enough to true and level his feet up; cupped them 

 out preparatory to spreading his feet and letting the 

 sole down to its proper place. We spread this horse's 

 feet five-eighths of an inch, and shod him on his hind 

 feet. Toward night I led him home, standing on his 

 toes. He balanced back and forward a little. I ex- 

 plained that to Mr. Hatch ; told him he would be over 

 that in the morning. He could put him to work. It 

 would be better to do so. He pulled out his money to 

 pay me. 



'' You had better wait and see how you like the 

 job," said I. '' I will come and see how he gets along 

 in a few days." 



I did so. He was drawing hay. This horse was on 



