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MODERN BLACKSMITHING 



is soft and fluctuating. Young horses and colts, 

 especially if driven or worked hard, are more liable to 

 have this form of spavin than older horses. 





SPLINT 



This is a small, bony enlargement, and generally 

 situated on the inside of the foreleg about three or 

 four inches below the knee joint, and occurs frequently 

 in young horses when they are worked too hard. 



SPRAIN 



By this is meant the sudden shifting of a joint farther 

 than is natural, but not so as to produce dislocation. 



