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takes place. The useless growth of hoof on the toe, 

 if there is no contraction, is the end of the lever. How 

 can these poor horses stand, thrown in this position? 

 Feet moved forward, or body back— have it either 

 way if you please, it is all the same — this lever run- 

 ning up the hind leg to the extreme point of the horse, 

 with two-thirds of his weight at the end of the lever, 

 and with his feet thrown forward, caused by contrac- 

 tion. Follow that lever down to the fulcrum ; look 

 the horse over ; look at that lever-purchase breaking 

 him down ; then look at the one on the toe of equal 

 length working in harmony with it, one lifting, the 

 other pulling down. There is some power, I want you 

 to know and see. These principles will not lie, nor 

 can they be ruled out. Contraction works the same 

 on all of the feet on all horses expanding too much. 

 I have explained that the length of these levers varj^ 

 on the same horse. The length they can get is accord- 

 ing to the size of the horse and the degrees of con- 

 traction. "When the horse gets as bad as Wix's was^ 

 the lever is farther away from the fulcrum, as long as 

 the horse's leg is, and to the extreme point behind, I 

 mean as far as the horse's body extends. Of course 

 there could not be any lever beyond where there is 

 weigiht. On this horse science, when a horse is 

 thrown in this way, there is no powder that can raise 

 him except his foot is expanded, or it can expand 

 itself as his creator intended it^ should. Reader, I 

 want you to understand that these poor horses endure 

 some suffering before this takes place. This is called 

 by the ignorant, strained across the loin. About that 

 they are right. The horse is strained across the 



