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Knocked up through too much work is the 

 commonest type of screw. Now what we are con- 

 cerned with is how to cure this. What should we 

 advise ? The time-honoured remedy — hallowed 

 by shrewd common sense— is to fire the game-legs 

 if spavins, splints, side-bones, ring-bones, or curbs, 

 and, after severe blistering, turn out for at least a 

 six weeks' rest. 



The above is sound advice, with no differers ; 

 in fact, carried unanimously by all who believe 

 that red-hot irons, which sear deeply lined flesh 

 wounds, cause inflammation to set in, which acts 

 as a permanent bandage. There is no question 

 that cures this way are effected ; but why not try 

 a running stream ? A horse stood for an hour or 

 so with a brook gurgling by is wonderfully re- 

 freshed, and, in some instances, tottery old screws 

 have been sufficiently patched to stand up and 

 prove winners over two or three miles on a 

 steeplechase course. 



Another good plan is to get horses used to a 

 hose which pours an incessant shower or jet on 

 their fore and hind legs, bracing them and doing 

 more to make groggy legs reasonably strong than 

 any other method which can easily be thought of. 



Age and the extent of injuries or infirmity has 

 to be taken into account. There is a turning- 

 point in most horses' careers, when it just depends 

 whether they are going to be worn up or continue 

 to be pampered favourites, living on the best of 

 oats and hay. 



How can some of the ailments of brilliant 

 screws be recognised ? for there is no doubt that 



