Horses and Horsemastership. 15 



wards a thick bran poultice should be applied. Firing 

 the horn above the crack and immediately below the 

 coronet with the application of a blister to the latter, 

 induces a healthy growth of horn. As soon as lameness 

 disappears the shoe may be put on, care being taken to 

 remove a portion of the horn below the crack, so that 

 the risk of pressure from the shoe becomes minimised. 



The crack should be dressed with tow on which a 

 liberal quantity of Stockholm tar has been smeared, and 

 this may be kept in position by a bandage. If the lame- 

 ness continues for more than a few days, the sooner 

 professional advice is obtained the better. 



TREADS are usually caused by the horse turning 

 round in such a clumsy manner as to place one foot on 

 top of the other. The coronet is usually the seat of the 

 injury, and be it borne in mind that all injuries to this 

 part should be regarded as serious. As in all wounds, 

 the preliminary cleansing should be thorough, and the 

 liair on the adjacent skin should be clipped. If the 

 wound is ragged, all the loose parts are better detached, 

 and the foot should be placed in a warm water bath. 

 The creolin lotion, recommended for broken knees, and 

 applied in the same way, is as good a remedy as can be 

 used. 



SEEDY TOE is the name given to a detachment of 

 the horn from the lamiuEe at the ground surface of the 

 wall of the foot. It frequently follows the disease 



