114 UNASKED ADVICE. 



day^s hunting would probably produce a fine specimen of 

 this disease. 



Many a hunter is lamed by corns. The smith is in 

 fault here. He is afraid of the horse losing a shoe^ and 

 of his own reputation diminishing in consequence. He 

 therefore nails the shoe too near to the heels, or perhaps 

 puts it on too tight altogether, a corn being the result. 

 A corn must be very bad that stops a horse's work in 

 the hunting season, as it is nearly always possible to 

 work him with a three-quarter shoe, the ground being 

 soft ; but at the end of the season corns will require a 

 little attention. Being caused by the pressure of the 

 shoe, the only thing to do is to remove that pressure, 

 which is easily done. In bad cases a bar shoe, which 

 removes the weight from the heels to the frog, will be 

 found useful. 



Capped hocks are not to be called hunting accidents. 

 They are very ugly things, and any attempt to remove 

 them is more likely to aggravate the evil. 



Horses who " brush '^ or '^ cut '^ generally finish the 

 season with an enlargement around the seat of the 

 injury. This, when thoroughly cooled down, may be 

 reduced by a mild absorbent blister, and to prevent a 

 recurrence of the accident it will be needful to discover 

 with what part of the ofi'ending foot the damage is done. 

 The best way of finding out is to pipeclay the part that 

 is hit, and then to trot the horse a little way, when the 

 pipeclay (being damp) will adhere to the spot that 

 does the mischief. Then the shoeing will require con- 

 sideration. No general rule applies here, as no two 

 horses can be shod in exactly the same way in this case ; 

 hardly any two hitting themselves in precisely the same 

 manner. 



