CHAPTER XV. 



FEVER IN HORSES' FEET, AND WEAK 

 JOINTS. 



Fever in Horses' Feet— The Hunter : Shaken— The cold water cure- 

 Turn Horses out— The beneficial action of Dew— The Horse Dealer 

 "in Clover "—"Prevention is better than cure." 



T HA^'E made mention of fever in horses' feet in one or 

 ^ two places in this httle work. This complaint is found 

 frequently amongst horses, especially those which do a 

 great deal of running on the hard roads. Hunters are 

 very subject to it, sometimes jumping on hard ground 

 brings it on, especially if the animal has corns. I do 

 not say fever in the feet is always brought on through 

 jarring a horse's foot or bruising the feet, but it is in 

 many instances. A great many gentlemen will give a 

 long figure for a good hunter, and after two or three 

 seasons when the animal has been shaken about a great 

 deal, of course it strains the horses' legs and joints : in 

 some animals more than in others. 



My intention is therefore to throw out a few hints 

 so that when a horse does go wrong in this way the 

 owner need not go to the expense of buying a fresh 



