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the inside of its shoe, striking upon the heel of the coronet of 

 the fore foot. The preventive treatment is the beveling, or 

 rounding off, of the inside rim or edge of the hind shoe. The 

 cure is, the cutting away of the loose parts, the application of 

 Friar's balsam, and protection from the dirt. 



Some horses, particularly young ones, overreach so as to 

 strike the toes of the hind shoes against the fore ones, which is 

 termed "clinking. " Keeping up the head of the horse does some- 

 thing to prevent this ; but the smith may do more by shortening 

 the toe of the hind shoes and having the web broad. When 

 they are too long, they are apt to be torn off ; when too narrow, 

 the hind foot may bruise the sole of the fore one, or may be 

 locked fast between the branches of the fore shoe. 



NOT LYING DOWN. 



It occasionally happens that a horse will seldom or never 

 lie down in the stable. He sometimes continues in apparent 

 good health, and feeds and works well ; but generally his legs 

 swell, and he becomes fatigued sooner than another horse. If 

 it is impossible to let him loose in the stable, or to put hira 

 into a spare box, nothing can be done to obviate the difficulty. 

 Ko means, gentle or cruel, will force hira to lie down. The 

 secret is, that he is tied up, and either has never dared to lie 

 down through fear of the confinement of the halter, or he has 

 been cast in the night and severely injured. If he can be suf- 

 fered to range the stable, or have a comfortable box in which 

 he may be loose, he will usually lie down the first night. Some 

 few horses, however, will lie down in a stable, and not in a loose 

 box. A fresh, well-made bed will generally tempt the tired 

 horse to refresh himself with sleep. 



