THOROUQHPIN. 



THOROUGHPIN. An affection accompanying blood spavin, and 

 generally caused by excessive labor. 



Symptoms. A round tumor going through the leg and appearing on 

 the outside and in front of the joint of the hock. Thoroughpin is the 

 same disease as blood spavin, on a more extensive scale, causing the en- 

 largement to extend through the joint from one side to the other. 



Treatment. Same as for blood spavin, which see. 



TUMORS are swellings or enlargements of any part of the body. 



They vary according to their situation and nature. 



Treatment. The treatment varies with different horsemen. And we 

 would say that in some cases it might be best to have them cut out, and 

 yet there are many other cases which can be removed by the use of 

 Kendairs Spavin Cure, applied as directed for spavin. We now have 

 in mind a case of a bony tumor which had been sawed off by a surgeon, 

 but, from some cause, continued to grow ; after it had again reached 

 quite a large size the owner of the horse began to use Kendall's Spavin 

 Cure, and, after he had used one or two bottles, told us that the tumor 

 was nearly removed, and on examination we found it quite difficult to 

 detect it. 



WATER FARCY is the result of weakness in the old, and of inflam- 

 matory action in the young. By long continued labor, from twelve to 

 eighteen hours each day, the horse, already debilitated, is by abuse made 

 a fit subject for water farcy. 



It is the custom of some to 

 feed largely on Saturday night 

 and not to visit again until 

 Monday morning, when they 

 are liable to find the animal, so 

 cruelly treated, with one swol- 

 len leg. The horse holds the 

 leg up as seen in the engraving 

 and will generally be lame. 

 He is in too much pain, and is 

 too tired, to eat, but will be 

 very thirsty on account of the 

 agonies which his cruel treat- the driver's first visit on 



ment has brought upon him. Monday morning. 



When water farcy occurs let it be understood that it is because the 

 horse has been worked too long and too hardly and that if the animal 

 is not better cared for Farcy will be the result. 



Treatment. Let the work be lighter, the nourishment sufficient and 

 of better quality, and the stable kept clean and well ventilated. Lead the 

 horse out, two or three times a day, for gentle exercise. As soon as the 



