FAULTY COXFORMATIOX AXD MOVEMENT. 



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are carrying heavy shoes. Contraction and also soreness in the 

 splint bones will cause a horse to cut, which almost always is the 

 result of improper shoeing and bad management of the feet. 

 All can be stopped by properly leveling and balancing the foot, 

 and the appliance of a suitable shoe. When the position of the 

 foot is faulty, it must be ob- 

 vious that the remedy con- 

 sists in altering its improper 

 position and straightening 

 it, as much as can be accu- 

 rately done, according to 

 the instructions given with 

 Fig. 23, Chap. IV. 



When the toe is the 

 part which inflicts the wound 

 use a square-toed shoe like 

 1^0. 147, shown in case of 

 shoes, page 286. This will 

 let the foot break over the 

 toe square, and in straight 

 going or close-gaited horses, 

 the foot will generally pass 

 the knee without hitting. 



Sprains of the Ten- 

 dons. — As its name implies, ground surface to front of toe at B. 



,1 • 1 • i • • • C, C, Heel calks to be beveled from 



this complaint is an miury ' , , , ,, u • 



^ "^ '' ground surface to wall-bearing surface. 



to the back sinew, from the 



effects of overtaxation. Work-horses are liable to become so 

 affected, though it occurs more frequently in the running and 

 trotting horses, by reason of their immense strides, the force of 

 which has a tendency — when prolonged to a certain extent — 

 to cause the tendons to become swollen and inflamed. 



For horses suffering with sore tendons, the four-calkin roll- 



FlG. 101. FRONT FOOT FOUR CALKIN SHOE, 

 TO BE USKD FOR THE RELIEF OF SORENESS 

 IN THE FLEXOR PERFORANS, OR CASES OF 

 QUARTER CRACK, WHERE TOE AND HEEL 

 CALKINS ARE REQUIRED, AS WELL AS FOR 

 SORENESS AT THE TOE AND FOR SPLIT FOOT 

 IN FRONT. 



To be beveled from A, A, to B ; also 

 from C, C, to wall-bearing surface at heel. 

 A, A, Front toe calks to be beveled off on 



