Chap. XCV. Of a falfe ^lartef^ isy 



by SoIIey/ell^ or any other that will fufficiently prefs out the 

 Quarters ; after which anoint his Hoofs with the foftening 

 Remedies prefcrib'd in the preceeding Chapter, and let hira 

 fland fome Days in his own Dung. But if the Binding and 

 Preflure of the Hoof cannot be relieved thereby, Recourfe muli 

 be had to an Operation : And if the Hoof be bound ail round 

 the Cronetj firft give the Fire, malcing fevcral Rafes from 

 theGriftle of the Cronct to the Shoe, piercing the Hoofa- 

 bout the Thicknefs of a Crown -piece, repeating the fame 

 Operation on the other fide of the Heel ; for the Fire fof- 

 tens the Hoof, and makes it ftretch ; after which, keep the 

 Foot conftantly mollify'd and foften'd, as already dire^fled. 

 But in the mod obftinate Cafes it will he neceilary to take 

 out the Soal, which our above-mention'd Author obferves 

 to be the belt and fpeedieft Remedy,^* and whofe Method is 

 likewife the moft reafonable ; vv'hich is, after the Soal is re- 

 moved, to cleave the Frufli with a Fleam, and fix a Splent 

 of Iron to the Part, placing it lb that it m.ay open the Heels, 

 and keep them an Inch or two wider than they were before. 

 This is plain to Senfe, becaufe the intermediate Subftance 

 that fills up the Cleft will keep them conftantly wide enough 

 for the time to come, if Care be taken in their Shoeing, b'r, 



CHAP. XCV. 



Of a Falfe ^larter. . 



A Falfe Quarter is a Reft or Chink in the Quarter of the 

 "^ Hoof, from Top to Bottgm ; it happens generally on 

 the Inlide, that being the weakeit and the thinneft, and 

 proceeds from the Drynefs of the Hoof, but efpecially when 

 a Horfe is ridden in dry, fandy, or ftony Ground, in hot 

 Wather, or in froily Weather, when the Ways are flinty 

 and hard. It is likewife caufed by bad Shoeing, and all the 

 other Accidents whereby a Horfe becomes hoof-bound ; for 

 the Narrownefs of the' Heels, and Brittlenefs of the Qiiar- 

 ters, continually expofe a Horfe to all the faid Accidents. 



This Accident is both dangerous and painful, foras oft- 

 en as a Horfe fets his Foot on the Ground, the Chink wi- 

 dens; and when he lifts it up, the (harp Edges of the di- 

 vided Hoof wound the tender Flefh that covers the Coffin- 

 Bone, which is, for the moll Part, follow'd with Blood, 

 and it muft of Courfe be apt to render a Horfe lame, as it is 

 very difficult to form a Re-ur/ion, 



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