Horses and Horsemastership, i7 



Kepeat twice. In these and similar cases the bowels 

 should be kept active, and the temperature as near 

 normal as possible. 



OVER-KEACH is caused by the horse covering more 

 ground with his hind legs than he ought, and thereby 

 kicking one or both of the heels of the fore feet. 

 Kemove the shoe of the injured foot, and stand the foot 

 in a pail of hot water (about 80 degrees) for an hour or 

 more, after which apply a bran and linseed poultice. 

 Subsequently dress the wound with tow steeped in 

 carbolised lotion, and kept in position by a linen bandage. 



The two most serious diseases to which the foot is 

 subject, viz., navicular disease and laminitis, are 

 essentially ones for professional treatment ; but there 

 can be no harm in indicating how their presence may 

 be diagnosed. 



XAVICULAR DISEASE is only found in Hie fore 

 feet, and is usually the result of excessive work on hard 

 roads, although bad shoeing, whereby the frog, the 

 natural cushion of the foot, is prevented from coming 

 in contact with the ground, is often the primary cause. 



The seat of the disease is in the back part of the foot 

 (the navicular bone). If the sole is tapped with a light 

 hammer, on either side of the frog, the animal will 

 evince pain, as he will if the thumb is pressed into the 

 hollow of the heel. 



