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HOESE-KEEPING FOR AMATEURS. 



Injuries very similar to, and requiring the same treatment 

 as, broken knees, are often caused in hunting, as when a 

 horse fails to clear a fence into a road. I once witnessed a 

 very bad fall of the kind, in which the knee and the point 

 of the hip of the horse were both severely cut.* In such a 

 case, no alteration in the treatment is needful from that pre- 

 scribed for broken knees. 



Cutting is where a horse goes so close in his action that 

 one foot strikes the other leg, or fetlock. This takes place 

 from a variety of causes. In some instances, the legs are 

 placed so close together that the animals will probably 



Boot to Prevent "Cutting." 



continue to cut all their lives ; with others, it only arises 

 from weakness and want of condition, and disappears as soon 

 as strength returns. Again, careless shoeing, whereby the 

 inside edge of the shoe projects too far, may be responsible. 

 Close attention must be paid to the hoof and shoe ; the 

 latter ought to be bevelled off as closely as possible, the hoof 

 to project slightly over it, and then be rasped down. The 

 efifect of this will be to present a perfectly smooth surface, 



* It may interest my readers if I record the fact that, within three 

 months of this accident, I saw the same horse win a steeplechase. 



