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matter formed and oozing from the coronet. In these 

 cases the pain is considerably relieved by cooling medi- 

 cine, green food, or bran mashes, taking off the shoes, 

 and poulticing the feet ; when it is perceived that the 

 inflammation and heat have abated, 'and the sole softened, 

 the horn may be cut away until the seat of disease is 

 laid bare, and the part dressed with Friar's Balsam and 

 tar ointment ; a run at grass will be very beneficial to 

 a horse suffering from corns, but his shoes must be taken 

 off, and he should frequently be taken up, and his feet 

 pared down and dressed with tar ointment by an ex- 

 perienced farrier. It is considered almost impossible 

 to completely eradicate corns ; but if taken in the early 

 stage they may be entirely removed, though the feet 

 should be carefully watched, as it is probable they may 

 re-appear at some period of the horse's life. A horse 

 suffering from corns is considered to be unsound. 



CHAPTEK IX. 



RUNAWAY HORSES. 



INEXPERIENCED persons often meet with accidents by 

 horses running away, and it is very common to hear them 

 attribute it to the horse " taking fright ;" but in most 

 .cases it will be found to have originated with themselves. 

 One reason of this infirmity (often considered a vice) 



