36 HOW TO CHOOSE A HORSE 



The Coronets. 



The coronet Is the band runnuig around 

 the top of the hoof, and Hable to be bruised 

 through the other foot treading on It. This 

 part Is also the place where one or more 

 fistulous openings are liable to appear as the 

 result of a punctured (etc.) foot. 



Sandcrack generally starts at the top of 

 the hoof, so that the hair hanging over the 

 coronet should be pushed back in order to 

 see whether this disease of the hoof is absent. 



Press the coronet at the extreme back part 



^just where it passes on to the border of 



the hoof— for evidence of side-bone. This 

 part should be quite elastic when pressed 

 with the thumb In side-bone It does not 

 yield, but feels "rigid," which it really is 

 through a deposit of lime salts into the 



