Horses and Horsemastership. 6r 



THOROUGHPIN appears in front of the point of 

 the hock, above and in rear of the joint, and may exist 

 in conjunction with bog spavin, in which event it is 

 usually, not invariably, but the overflow, as it were, of 

 the fluid from the front part of the hock. The true 

 thoroughpin arises from injury to the large tendon,^ 

 known as the great extensor pedis tendon. If the swell- 

 ing is visible on one side of the leg only, pressure upon 

 it will result in its appearing on the other side ; but it 

 is to be seen more frequently on both sides. 



WINDGALLS is the name which distinguishes dis- 

 tension of the bursa in the region of the fetlock joints 

 the result, as a rule, of overwork. 



As no specific name is given to the enlargement of the 

 bursae of other joints, though such a thing is, of course, 

 quite possible, it may be inferred that the complaint is 

 unusual except as above indicated, namely, in the hocks 

 and the fetlocks. 



TREATMENT. —The treatment of bursal enlarge- 

 ments, which, when all is said and done, are but the 

 indication of trouble either in the joints, the tendons, 

 or the ligaments, or even of their sheaths, will entirely 

 depend upon wdiether or not lameness is coincident ; if it 

 is, there will be other symptoms present besides the 

 mere puffiness, such, for instance, as abnormal heat, 

 when a sprain may be suspected, and the treatment will 



