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lock. The true principle is to so pare and shoe the foot 

 that is injured as to throw the fotlock-joint out of the way 

 of the opposite foot as it is carried forward. Leave the tread 

 on the inside as high as possible, and pare down the out- 

 side very low. Also make the inner side of the shoe thick 

 and the outer side thin. By this arrangement the fetlock is 

 thrown outward, out of danger, when the foot is resting on the 

 ground. The shoe on the foot that strikes may be beveled 

 under slightly at the inner border. 



OVERREACH. 



Overreach is a wound of the heel of the fore-foot. It is of 

 a similar character to tread — is caused by the toe of the hind- 

 foot striking the heel of the forward one. Defective or bad 

 form will predispose a horse to overreach. Bad shoeing will 

 also be liable to cause the hind-foot to catch the forward one. 



The same care and objects are to be observed in making the 

 examination of the wound as in examining tread. It may 

 terminate similarly. 



Some horses strike the sole of the fore-foot with the toe of 

 the hind one, when moving, causing a continual series of clicks. 

 This is called for (/in^. It is closely allied to overreach. 



Treatment. — If the horse is in the habit of overreaching, or 

 if he forges, the toe should be well pared down, and the point 

 of the shoe beveled back, or under. 



When a wound is once made by overreaching, it is nothing 

 else than a w^ound of the coronet, and is to be treated as such. 

 . (See treatment of " Wounds of the Coronet.") 



CRIBBING, OR CRIB-BITING. 



This vice is also known by the names of stumii-sncJcing, wind- 

 sucking, etc. The act is performed by the horse grasping with 

 his teeth the edge of his trough, rack, or manger, or any other 

 convenient object, and, by curving his neck in a peculiar man- 



