SPEEDY CUT — SPLINTS 



manner in which the hocks are flexed. (See Hind-legs^ 

 Pi'opelling Power, Shoulders^ 



Speedy Cut is the name given to 

 the injury caused by a horse hitting the 

 inside of a fore-leg below the knee with 

 the shoe of the other leg. Galloping 

 on heavy ground may cause the injury, 

 and so may faulty action. 



Treatment. — Rest for a few days 

 and a constant application of cold water 

 bandages. If the wound looks angry, 

 hot fomentations may be applied in the 

 first instance. The horse should be 

 kept on a cooling diet, principally com- 

 posed of mashes and roots. In some 

 cases a three-quarter shoe should be 

 worn on the foot which hits the other, 

 and a boot should be worn over the 

 seat of injury. (See Boots, Brushing, 

 Cutthig, Overreaches, Shoes.) 



Speedy Cut. 



Splash-board. — The leather or wooden panel fixed on 

 the front of a vehicle above the splinter bar or ends of the 

 shafts in front of the driver. 



Splinter Bar. — The bar of wood in front of a pair-horse 

 vehicle to which the traces are attached, and to which a 

 square iron frame is fixed for the pole to pass through. 



Splints are, unfortunately, very common amongst horses 

 which do fast work upon hard roads, in which case they are 

 the results of concussion, but they may be caused by a blow, 

 or they may be hereditary, as undoubtedly splints run in 

 families. A splint is a small, bony lump on the cannon bone, 

 sometimes situated in the front, in which case it is not likely 

 to cause trouble, and sometimes at the back. In the latter 



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