72 EXAMINATION OF HORSES 



LECTURE X. 



The Unnerved or "Nerred" Fore Foot — Discovers itself in the 

 Gait — The Tissues of the "Nerved" Foot degenerate- 

 Brittle Hoof — Pricks in Shoeing — Gathered Nails— Bruised 

 Sole — Bruised Coronet — Speedy Cut — Diseases Obvious — 

 Grease — Ringbone — Sidebones — Corns. 



Gentlemen, — We now come to one of the most re- 

 pulsive forms of unsoundness to which the horse is 

 exposed, namely, the un-nerved fore foot. However 

 neatly executed the operation, the unnerved foot is 

 betrayed in two ways — by the marks where the inci- 

 sions have been, and by the numb, awkward manner 

 the horse has in using his feet, which is seen when he 

 walks, and is felt when ridden in the trot. Last year 

 I examined two valuable-looking hunters at York, aged 

 respectively eight years and nine. The younger one I 

 passed, and the elder one I was perplexed over. I had 

 handled every part of him, tried his wind, had his fore 

 shoes off, and in the second part of my examination — 

 the one we are now going over — I had searched for 

 cicatrices over the positions of " nerving," as is my 

 custom ; had his shoes carefully replaced, and had him 



