Binding of the Hoof, G?c. ^oi 



or proceed from going much in wet and 

 marfhy grounds, ftanding conftantly in 

 wet litter, or any infirmity that may 

 bring too great a moifture into the ittx.. 

 In this cale, the horfe's hoofs may be 

 bathed every day with warm vinegar, 

 verjuice, copperas- water, and fuch like 

 reftringents *, to which may be added galls, 

 alum, i^c. remembering to let the horfe 

 ftand conftantly dry. 



We fay a horfe is hoof- bound, when Hoof- 

 the hoof is fo tight round the initep, ^^^^^* 

 that it turns the foot fomewhat into the ^^""^^ 

 fhape of a bell. This is caufed fome- 

 times by fiioeing as above, to widen the 

 heel, and fometimes by cuttino- the toes 

 down too much, which gives ^hat jfhape 

 to the foot, and caufes the horfe to go 

 lame. 



To remedy this diforder, Mr. Gibfon How re. 

 recomn)ends the following method. Let m^^icd, 

 the foot be drawn down from the coro- 

 net almoft to the toe with a drawing 

 knife, making feven or eight lines or 

 razes through the hoof, almoO: to the 

 quick \ afterwards keep it charged with 

 pitch or rofin, till the lines are wore out 

 in (hoeing, which will require feveral 

 months 5 therefore horfes are generally 



turned 



