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shoeing so lie can work or stand long. I do not tliink 

 he can stand on one ]es: \oy\s: enouofh to shoe." 



Mr. Wix said he could hokl bini up. He must liave 

 him shod, so at it he went. After struggling a long 

 time he manag:ed to raise a foot. Down went the 

 horse broadside ; then he must be pounded up again. 

 Wix tried it again with like result. I did not like to 

 give this job up, so I tried a new plan. The horse had 

 shoes on, and his feet were quite long. I cut the hoof 

 off at the toe and around; cut the nails out in this 

 way. We got the shoes off, then cut the hoof awry 

 on the under side at the *toe. That helped him some ; 

 it let him go forward on his base a little. Then I tried 

 him again. After a hard struggle for me and him, 

 Wix holding him all he could to keep him from fall- 

 ing over, I succeeded in getting his foot up without 

 his falling. I worked as fast as I could, cutting the 

 hoof awaj at the toe, holding his weight at the eame 

 time :- holdino" his foot up onlv a short time and 

 chanofing legs often. In this way I let his body go 

 back on his base bv deo^rees. After a loni2:, hard struo,-- 

 I'le I got him shod. In this way I shortened his toes 

 and pared them down at heel and toe, the toe the 

 most ; gave him a long shoe at the heel ; corking the 

 shoes the highest at the heel. This was the best I 

 could do, shoeing this poor horse, and as well as any 

 man can do for a horse in like condition without ex- 

 })anding the foot and putting the structure of the foot 

 in harmony of action, which his Was fearfully out of 

 order. 



Reader, you may ask, "Why did not you do that?" 

 You ought to know by this time. How can a man do 



