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and the foot striking kept as short as pos- 

 sible at the toe. 



Brushing or Cutting. 



Many horses have this objectionable 

 practice, and, when allowed to go on, per- 

 manently damages the parts around the 

 injury. It is most certainly cruelty to 

 work a horse havino- crashes about its fet- 

 locks especially if nothing has been done to 

 try and remedy it. 



Horses which are ' narrow ' below are 

 predisposed to inflict this injury upon their 

 hind fetlocks, it being due to the shoe of 

 the opposite foot brushing or striking the 

 part during movement. Toes turned 

 either ' in ' or ' outwards ' are also very 

 liable to cause brushing. (Defective con- 

 formation.) 



From this it will be readily understood 

 that it is not easy to do away with it. 



