SOUND AND UNSOUND HORSES 



cause no other cause could be ascribed. 

 The cartilage feels prominent, yet has not 

 lost its elasticity. Whether this con- 

 dition passes on to sidebone does not 

 seem to have been satisfactorily demon- 

 strated. If the animal is not lame and 

 the cartilage in the foregoing condition, 

 one is hardly warranted in rejecting it. 

 Navicularthritis. — ^The gravity of 

 the disease renders remarks needless. 



21.— SOLAR REGION. 



Canker. 



Flat Sole. 



Thrush. — If slight, defer examina- 

 tion till cured, but for severe thrush, 

 reject. When a client purchases a 

 horse as " sound," he is not expected 

 to begin doctoring its feet as soon as 

 he gets it home. Severe thrush of the 

 cleft has, within the writer's experience, 

 produced very severe lameness. 



All Other Diseases of Sole. 



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