SOUND AND UNSOUND HORSES 



purchasing. All classes of horses are 

 liable to become affected with curb. 



27— METATARSAL REGION. 



Temporary or Permanent En = 

 largement of Cannon. — In the former 

 case defer examination, and in the latter 

 reject the animal. 



28— PHALANGEAL AND PEDAL 

 REGIONS. 



Brushing-. — ^When forming an opinion 

 regarding this, the examiner must pay 

 particular attention to the direction of 

 the feet, and whether the horse is 

 '' green." A horse at regular work, and 

 shod with the so-called " preventer " 

 shoe, bruising his fetlocks, should most 

 certainly be condemned. 



Bursal Enlargements. 



Ring-bone : Sandcrack ftoe^ ; 

 Canker, Tlirush, etc., etc., as in the 



forelimbs. 



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