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horses are vei-y lame, they go to exercise morning and 

 evening, or do their dut}^ which ever I think best for 

 them. The feet of many horses soon become relaxed 

 and cool from this sort of treatment, and as the growth 

 of the liorse is increased by the moisture, the heels and 

 quarters expand, by which means many horses that 

 have been very feeling and lame in their feet, have 

 become sound. 



When a horse has thus recovered, or perhaps a short 

 time before he is quite sound, rather than have a horse's 

 feet get dry too suddenly, I shorten the period of 

 his standing in wet clay, allowing him to stand in it 

 every other day ; and previous to his leaving the 

 hospital stables, I only allow him to stand in it twice a 

 week. During the intervals between these immersions, 

 I order his feet to be rubbed round with the tar oint- 

 ment, which is a very necessary application, to prevent 

 the feet from cracking, to which they are subject afteT 

 having been immersed in water. Some troop horses, 

 whose feet have been slowly progressing into a diseased 

 state, and which have not discovered any symptoms of 

 lameness until they have become old, I have seldom 

 succeeded with in getting them sound. 



I do not pretend to know more in the cure of horses' 

 feet than otlier Veterinary Surgeons. I have merely 

 stated here what treatment I have adopted in the cure 

 of the feet of troop horses, and by what means I have 

 succeeded in bringing many of them again into a fit 

 state for duty. 



But the feet of race-horses cannot be kept cool and 



