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recommended by Mr. Broad, of Star-street, Edgware- 

 road, London, upwards of thirty years ago, and practised 

 by him and his brother at Bath with success up to the 

 present time. It consists in cutting a notch with a 

 drawing-knife, about half an inch from each side of the 

 crack as near the coronet as possible, and about a quarter 

 of an inch deep, sufficiently large to allow the embedding 

 of the head of small horse nails. If the crack is long, 

 cut two others an inch lower down, then have a nail 

 prepared in the ordinary way, with the exception that 

 they are pointed on the reverse side to prevent punctur- 

 ing the quick, a case of which I never had. Never make 

 a hole with a pricker or bore it with a redhot wire. 

 Before using, the nails are put into a vice and the head 

 hammered to form a shoulder, to prevent it being driven 

 too far into the wall and breaking out the hold. After 

 being driven carefully through the notches, a long clinch 

 is left, the crack is then drawn closely together with the 

 pincers, and all made smooth with the rasp to prevent 

 the nails being trodden out. Then with the use of the 

 bar-shoe, and a constant application of cold water with 

 a linen bandage round the coronet, the hoof will soon 

 grow sound, and in course of time grow out. Before 

 quitting the subject of diseases of the foot of the horse, 

 there is yet one more, no better than the others I have 

 described, but, if possible, it is worse. Those of my 

 readers who have had the misfortune to have a horse 

 lame with 



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 will be able to endorse my remarks, as no man is 

 anxious to have a second case after experiencing the 



