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Apply either of the above every second or third day until 3 applica- 

 tions are given or the enlargement is well blistered. The more you 

 rub tliemj the better they will blister. Hot water applied before a blister 

 and rubbed in intensifies any blister. 



If either of the above fail to make tlie horse go sound two weeks 

 after treated you probably have failed to stop bony enlargement and 

 a portion of the following lineament should be rubbed on the enlarge- 

 ment. 



Never give internally. 



Oil of Sassafras, 2 ounces 



Turpentine, 4 ounces. 



Raw Oil, 4 ounces 



Croton Oil, I/2 ounce 

 Moisten the bony enlargement with a portion of the lineament and 

 rub in. Do this twice during 24 hours, and repeat in 8 days if the horse 

 still goes lame. Some people object to this lineament because it )fien 

 removes some of tlie hair, but otherwise it will not harm a horse in any 

 way. The removal of hair is far preferable to a spavin or ring bone. 



I have met with such good results in curing the lameness caused by 

 such diseases, that I very seldom use anything else. In the case of a 

 spavin where the lineament will run down on the leg, clip the hair and 

 apply vaseline. If the hair is not clipped it will hold the vaseline "vay 

 from the skin and the lineament will remove a streak of hair unneces- 

 sarily. 



SIDE BONES 



There is a cartilage situated immediately above the hind quarters 

 of the front hoof, on the inside of each quarter. When these cartil -ges 

 are hard and firm and immovable with the thumb and forefin'rcrr. hey 

 are known as side bones. 



Horses possessing straight pastern bones and straight shoulders 

 which goes to make excess concussion in traveling are quite subject to 

 this disease. However heavy horses with shoulders of the proper slope 

 may develop the disease if hammered over frozen roads or hard pave- 

 ments. It causes the horse to go lame particularly noticeable after they 

 cool off or are led out of the stable in the mornings. 



They take short steps and travel in their feet much the same as in 

 founder. 



