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him to Prof. Law, of Cornell University, to have him 

 examined. This horse had a very small enlargement 

 on the inside of his leg. The professor told him that 

 was the cause of his lameness, charged him twelve 

 shillings, and wrote a prescription to get filled that 

 cost ten shillings. The horse must not be worked 

 while under treatment. The man could not get along 

 with his work at that time without using this horse, 

 so the medicine was never used. I shod that horse 

 over three years. He was all right as far as the most 

 of people can see. He was not lame. So much for 

 professors. 



This is only one case of hundreds of this kind that 

 I balanced up while I staid in that place. After get- 

 ting a good run of business and well established I 

 thought I would venture a little further. It would 

 not kill my business dead. If it did scare some away, 

 there had got to be more cripples than I wanted. 



Mr. Jefferson lived near this place. He was the 

 owner of a stallion. I had seen him several times. 

 He was badly off his base on his for\^ard legs ; his 

 knees were badly tipped, weak, and shook ; cords 

 seemed thick; legs swelled. This horse was well 

 along in years, and had been in this condition a long 

 time. I said to Mr. Jefferson : 



" Would you like to have that horse's legs straight- 

 ened and all the swelling taken out so you could see 

 the cords and tendons clear down^o his feet?" 



** Well, yes, I would if it could be done." 



''Well, sir, it can be done. He can be made as 

 natural as he ever was." 



I told him all about how I would do it, and how he 



