ELEMENTS OF HIPPOLOGY. 



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A Study in Conformation. 

 Courtesy of Otto Eerelman. 



Firing produces the same result, in a more radical way, by 

 actually burning the part with a hot iron. 



Blistering, if severe, leaves an irregular scar, partly de- 

 nuded of hair. Rows of dots or thin parallel lines are the marks 

 of firing. 



If there is any suspicion of spavin, a simple test is to pick 

 up the leg, bend it well, and hold it up for a minute or two; then 

 drop it, and start the horse off at a trot. If sound, he will 

 not limp. 



The cannon-bone should be examined for splints, rare as 

 they are behind, and the tendons examined for evidence of in- 

 flamed or sprained tendons. The same critical examination 

 should b3 made of the feet as was made in front, and of the left 

 hindjeg as was made of the right. 



