training, you can dispense with the hot wax and 

 bandages, and, after firing the crack across the 

 top, apply a good blister to the coronary band. 

 Only one foot may be troubled with a crack, 

 but put the shoes, springs and blisters on both. 

 "An ounce of prevention" 3'ou know, is a good 

 thing always. 



Many men will insist that nailing a split wall 

 together, or "sewing" it up with copper wire, 

 or holding it together by means of brass plates 

 is the proper method to pursue, and, no doubt, 

 all of these methods have, on certain occasions, 

 proved satisfactory; for instance, where a quar- 

 ter crack is well forward — a rare thing — or 

 where the crack has just started, etc. But the 

 fact remains that a separated wall cannot grow 

 together. Before that foot can be considered 

 sound again, a new wall must be grown, and it 

 must come from the top, and it has been my ex- 

 perience that it grew down quicker, fuller, and 

 more elastic when the old horn or "deadwood" 

 had been removed. 



The general line of treatment recommended 

 for quarter cracks is applicable to toe cracks. 

 The crack should be cut away on each side, 

 fired or cut across the top so the wall will be 

 united when it grows down ; then draw a good 

 heavy clip up out of the shoe on each side of 

 the crack, to hold the two sections of the wall 

 in position and keep them from continually 

 ''working." Should proud flesh or a fungus 

 growth develop in a quarter or toe crack, you 

 can treat it with caustic or acid, but a veterin- 

 ary should be given a chance to live. 



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