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Care should be taken when a horse gets a 

 serious wound that air does not get into it or 

 grave results may be the consequence, especially 

 if the horse has a long way to travel after the 

 accident. For if air gets into the wound to any 

 extent swelling will take place until the body is 

 much distended. So, if a horse is staked or in 

 other way badly wounded and has any distance 

 to travel the wound should be stopped up with 

 a pocket handkerchief, cotton wool or any soft 

 substance which may be available. In case the 

 swelling has taken place, and the body is much 

 distended, when the horse gets home a rug 

 should be steeped in hot water and placed over 

 his back, a dry rug being placed on the top of it. 

 This should be repeatedly done until the horse 

 obtains entire relief, which will not be for some 

 time. 



There is no more tiresome accident to a hunter 

 than overreach, and it is an accident moreover 

 to which some horses are very prone. A horse 

 with a long reach and moderate shoulders, that in 

 dealer's language does not put his foot out, is very 

 liable to overreach, especially when the going is 

 deep. Something, indeed much ma^/ be done 

 in the way of prevention. Care should be taken 

 in the dressing of the hind feet. The toe should 

 be kept as short as possible and the feet should 

 be attended to regularly and at short intervals. 

 The inner edge of the toe of the hind shoe, which 

 is apt to become sharp in wear, should also be 

 kept well rounded with the rasp. A little trouble 

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