242 DISEASES OF HORSES AND CATTLE. ' 



with the healthy functions of the hoof, resulting by 

 degrees in dryness of the hoof and a little fever 

 in the feet, which goes on from bad to worse until 

 the animal becomes what is called tender footed, 

 and finally a cripple; but in some cases the horse 

 is ruined at the first shoeing. As an illustration: 

 Col. J. bought a good, sound mare, four years old, 

 broken to drive and ride, but never had shoes on. 

 She was sent to the shoeing smith, and on account 

 of the animal belonging to the colonel and the 

 mare a fine one, he shod her in what he would call 

 a neat, fancy way. The next day the colonel rode 

 her a few miles, and on returning he noticed that 

 she flinched, but he attributed it to her not being 

 used to the saddle. He got off and walked part 

 of the way home, and when he arrived there he 

 ordered her back to be washed and a soothing lini- 

 ment applied. The next morning she could not be 

 moved in her stall. The smith was sent for, and 

 said the trouble was in the shoulders and would 

 pass off in a day or two. It did not pass off in 

 three days, and I was sent for. I found the ani- 

 mal suffering from a very severe attack of lamin- 

 itis (founder), from the result of thinning out the 

 sole, so that all the weight was on the walls, re- 

 sulting in affecting the sensitive laminae to such 

 a degree as to cause inflammation of it, as well as 

 bruising the sensitive sole. The animal was 

 treated, but it being a very severe case and not 

 attended to in time the inflammation had done its 

 work of destruction. In order to keep your horse's 



