53^ ON THE LEGS. 



I have of late obferved an improvement m 

 the hofe, or boots, which defend the legs of 

 race-horfes in travelling, they reach above the 

 knee ; this guard for the knee fhould be ufed 

 to fale horfes during their journey from the 

 country, and to valuable horfes when exer- 

 cifed by carelefs boys ; and fome kind of guard 

 faflened above and below the knee, would be 

 of great ufe to pofl-horfes worked immediately 

 upon a recent fall, fince they are fo liable to a 

 repetition of the accident whilfl the knee is 

 yet ftiff, and the wound being again laid open, 

 the mifchief is paft remedy. The fpeedy-cut 

 might as well be prevented by a leather guard, 

 as knocking. Thefe wounds fhould be attend- 

 ed to in time, and require applications of the 

 fame kind as broken knees. 



Win DG ALLS. (Vol. I. p. 206, and for a 

 defcription of defefts, I refer the reader gene- 

 rally to Vol. I. p. 194, and the fubfequent 

 pages.) Blood-horfes, and thofe which are uled 

 for fpeedy travelling, feem to be mofl fubjeft 

 to windgalls. 



Cure. The beft flable attention fo often 

 recommended ; walhing twice a day in cold 

 water ; embrocation, bandage, bliftering two or 

 three times fucceflively. Grafs. Early pre- 

 vention when the colt is firfl: worked^ and duly 

 continued. When thefe bladders prevail in a 

 great degree within the paftern joints, and have 



arrived 



