196 PRECEPT AND PRACTICE. 



He at times hit the standiug leg so hard with the pass- 

 ing one, that the pain caused him so far to yield the 

 hitten leg as to produce the drop mentioned. He did 

 not hit with the shoe, consequently made no mark or 

 blemish ; but, from a peculiar twist of the passing 

 leg, he hit the other with his hoof. I suggested a 

 plan of shoeing him that effectually prevented his 

 doing this, which I will mention among other devices 

 for curing cutting, or, at worst, palliating its effects. 

 Want of space prevents my doing so in this article ; 

 but it shall form the subject of my next, vnth re- 

 marks on the best kind of boots for the same pur- 

 pose. 



Cutting is the term usually applied to horses strik- 

 ing their legs ; but be it remarked, all horses who 

 strike or hit their legs do not cut ; but they fre- 

 quently strike the quiescent leg, whichever it may be, 

 so hard as to produce bruises, and consequent inflam- 

 mation to a degree that is really worse than a clean 

 light cut which wounds, and scars the skin only. 

 Horses with large flat feet, if they hit, invariably (I 

 r/iay say) hit with their shoe, and that only, and the 



