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proper shoeing, but some horses, when traveling at a rapid 

 gait, are liable to the accident, although well shod. 



A Tread or Calking is a wound upon the coronet by the 

 shoe of another foot of the same animal; or by the foot of 

 another animal when crowded together, as at fairr, in rail- 

 road cars, etc. It is liable to bring on quittor, and thus 

 cause serious damage. 



A Speedy Cut is a contusion on the fore leg, either above 

 or below the knee joint. It generally occurs when the horse 

 is pushed to considerable speed, and is a dangerous accident 

 to both horse and rider, as the animal is apt to fall down 

 suddenly, from the violence of the pain. It can sometimes 

 be prevented by careful shoeing, but this does not succeed 

 with some horses. In such it constitues, in law, an unsound- 

 ness. 



Brushing is caused by the shoe of one foot striking against 

 the fetlock. It is generally in the hind limbs, and in 

 young horses or those exhausted and out of condition. The 

 remedy is to use preventive shoes, according to the nature of 

 the injury. 



Most of these injuries may be lessened or prevented by a 

 scientific manner of shoeing, for which no specific directions 

 can be well given, as the form and manner of fiistening the 

 shoe must vary with the particular foot and the particular 

 nature of the injury. As for the treatment of the latter it- 

 self, it will be in accordance with the general treatment of 

 wounds and injuries as laid down on pp. 225, etc. 



WOUNDS OF THE KNEES— BROKEN KNEES. 



Any injury whatever to the knee of a horse may have dis- 

 astrous results, and should be closely watched; nor should 

 a purchaser accept as sound an animal that is scarred or at 

 all swollen at the knees. All careful horsemen give the 

 closest attention to such injuries, and treat them as follows: 



