DESCKIPTION OF THE MOST COMMON 

 BLEMISHES ON THE LEGS. 



BLEMISHES ON THE FOKE LEGS. Fig. 11. 



Sj)Unts (a) are bony tumors found on the inner 

 splintbone, running down on the inner side of the 

 cannonbone and are occasioned by violent blows or 

 other injuries, sometimes causing lameness, if so 

 close to the knee as to interfere with the action of 

 that joint, or, so far back as to touch the back 

 sinews. If located on the middle of the bone they 

 are of no consequence. They will generally yield to 

 blistering or puncturing. The tendency to splint is 

 greatly increased by the practice of some black- 

 smiths of raising the outer heel of the shoe con- 

 siderably, thereby throwing the weight of the horse 

 more on the inner splintbone. 



Tied in helow the knee (h) is a serious defect, inter- 

 fering with endurance and speed. Such horses 

 are not fit for fast or long work as the result would 

 be a serious sprain of the back sinews. The leg is 

 insufficient in depth right under the knee. 



Sprain of the Back Sineics (c) is an iDflammation of 

 the sheath of the back sinews, the result of wrench 



