280 THE HORSES RESCUE. 



anything when others will not Jet liim? — wlien they 

 will only gather around him and fight, and blart a lot 

 of nonsense? 



After a few days Mr. Wix came into the shop. 



"Doan, that horse is dead." 



"How is that?" 



"I found him down this morning oat doors on the 

 manure pile, unable to rise. I took the axe and 

 knocked him in the head, and took him to tho bone- 

 yard." 



"How did he get outdoors? " 



"The door of the stable was behind his stall. He 

 broke his halter and knocked the stable door off tlie 

 inges. 



The fact is, he was tipped over backwards with con- 

 traction and leverage, as thousands are. This lever 

 works both ways, and there is a power in it. It has 

 tipped this horse over ; and the discovery of this will 

 tip over and shove from the base some institutions, so 

 that no power can put them back, built as they are on 

 false teachings and no principles or foundations, only 

 tinkering at the effect. 



There are two levers that tip horses over back- 

 wards. They both work in harmony of action ; they 

 are both caused b}^ contraction ; the fulcrum of both 

 is at the center of the foot, above tho coffin-joint. One . 

 runs up the leg ; the other runs out at the toe, beyond 

 the point of hoof. That is not seen, and yet it is 

 equal in length to the other. When any degree of 

 contraction takes place, the levers both start at the 

 same time. They are connected at the center; they 

 are not independent of each other when contraction 



