80 The Aihnents of liorses. 



may be the means of settling many knotty 

 arguments. 



Speedy - cutting. — A speedy - cuttin g 

 horse is one that strikes the inner side of 

 the fore-leg (usually about the knee, or 

 below this and the fetlock) with the shoe 

 of the opposite limb. 



Tumed-in toes and high action are 

 favourable towards speedy-cutting. It is 

 a dangerous fault, and rightly contitutes 

 unsoundness. 



Treatment. — Rest; cooling lotion to 

 the sore. Keep the foot narrow on the 

 inner side, and the toe short. A three- 

 quarter shoe can be tried. 



A speedy-cutting gaiter may be used. 



Various patterns are made for the 

 purpose. 



Splint. — -A splint is a variously sized 

 deposit (or deposits) of bony material 

 upon the back of the cannon bone, and 

 almost always atfecting the fore limbs. 



Horses of moderate or fast pace are 

 those usually affected ; heavy horses 

 seldom. 



Strictly speaking, splint constitutes 

 unsoundness, though many able veteri- 

 narians would never dream of rejecting a 

 horse for such, provided everything else 

 satisfied them. 



The deposit of bone may be rough or 

 smooth upon its surface. A " simple " 

 splint is a single deposit of bone ; a 

 " compound " when a number of bony 

 deposits are present. 



A splint near to the knee or upon the 

 outside of the leg should always be con- 



