256 HOOF-BGUNT). 



. Where a Horse is hoof-bound, and Causes thereof. 



sufficiently healed : then let him be turned out 

 into a straw-yard, and give him a winter's run. If 

 in the spring of the year, let him have a summer's 

 run on low ground, either of which will prove 

 suitable to forward the cure. In about six weeks 

 after the "above operation is performed, a new 

 hoof will begin to appear round the cornet, be- 

 twixt the hair and hoof; and as it grows down, 

 will be considerably wider than the old one. 



CHAP. L. 



HOOF-BOUND. 



A HORSE is hoof-bound, when the hoof is very 

 tight round the instep, between the hair and hoof, 

 and wide at the bottom, resembling the shape of 

 a bell. It is often occasioned by setting on broad 

 and hollow shoes; and likewise from a fever 



