fonef ; and if any symptoms of this kind ap- 

 pear, the horse will soon have the ringbone. 

 The hoof and the hair should unite closely all 

 round. 



Horses with low heels and long hoofs have 

 not handsome feet ; but it will be observed,, 

 that such horses generally bend and straighten 

 their knees with freedom, and do not appear to 

 be cramped in the shoulder. If a horse have 

 white hoofs, with black spots round the coro* 

 net, it is a favourable sign, and the hoof will 

 be sufficiently hard to keep the shoes ; nor 

 will there be any danger of his becoming ten- 

 der-footed. Some horses have naturally very 

 narrow heels ; and the heels of others become 

 contracted from bad shoeing, from the feet 

 being kept too dry, from a weakness of the 

 bars, and from various other causes. The 

 bars form an acute angle in front of the frog at 

 the heart of the foot, and join the wall or crust 

 at the heel. The hoof or coffin of every horse's 

 foot, as far as we sec it externally, is divided 

 ^us: — The whole horny substance outside is 

 called the wall or crust \ the point in front at 

 the ground is denominated the toe-, the sides are 

 sailed the quarters •, and the upper part, join^ 



