SOUND AND UNSOUND HORSES 



That a horse may have a shght or a 

 large sphnt in a good position, and never 

 go lame, is true, or the splint may 

 undergo absorption, and so end the 

 matter. 



In the experience of the author it is 

 equally true that a splint, placed in the 

 very best position that it can occupy, 

 has, to the regret of the buyer, produced 

 most intractable lameness. 



The so-called " knee splints " are — 

 and rightly so — looked upon with sus- 

 picion, and when detected, are sufficient 

 cause for rejection. The author takes 

 this view of all splints and exostoses 

 upon any part of the metacarpus. 



It is far too speculative to say 

 whether such and such a horse will con- 

 tinue to go sound through the existence 

 of these " apparently ' insignificant 

 osseous deposits. 



Being abnormal, and viewed in a 



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