LAMENESS 



parents, and brothers to over-bit the horses of their feminine 



latter should have their 



relations in the desire that the 

 mounts well under control. The 

 hands of most women, however, 

 are so light and good that they 

 can manage any horse, excepting, 

 perhaps, a confirmed bolter, and 

 over-bitting is a source of danger 

 in many cases. A breedy-looking, 

 if not clean-bred horse of about 

 15 hands 2 inches, and good in 

 colour, is what should be sought 

 for, whilst for young girls an Arab 

 is an ideal mount. (See Action, 

 Park Hack, Riding^ 



Lameness. — Most horse owners 

 have been sorely puzzled at times 

 to detect the cause of lameness in 

 their horses, as the trouble may 

 arise from many sources, such as 

 rheumatism and sprains, which are 

 at first not at all easy to discover. 

 Nor is it always a light task to 

 locate the seat of the lameness, 

 even when a horse is obviously 

 "going dotty" on a leg, and the 

 difficulty of the position is not decreased by the know- 

 ledge that some animals suffer from intermittent lameness, 

 whilst others appear to move unsoundly from no reason 

 whatsoever, unless it be for the love of the thing. Nor can it 

 be asserted that every horse which moves regularly is of a 

 necessity sound, as if both fore or both back legs or feet 

 are causing him pain he will move regularly enough, as 

 the rascals who practise the art of beaning are fully aware. 



If an animal constantly points one foot when he is stand- 

 ing it may reasonably be surmised that he is not quite sound 



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