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jaw. There were only two nails in the outside wall, the 

 rest being" in the laminae, some of them coming clear 

 throug-h the lining of the foot, penetrating a mass of blood 

 vessels, arteries and sensitive nerves. 



This foot came off a Hambletonian trotter. These 

 trotters have the lightest shells of any trotting horses in 

 the world. 



Too great care, it will be seen, cannot be taken in dressing 

 the feet of fine bred horses, and great care is needed not to 

 use too large nails. 



Fig. 56.— Sectional View showing How Nails should be Driven. 



Fig. 56 shows a sectional view of a horse's foot, the 

 exact location of the wall of the foot through which the 

 nail must be driven can be readily seen. The most casual 

 observer will notice that a trifling deviation of the nail from 

 the proper course will send it into the sensitive laminae where 

 it will produce lameness and serious injury. 



FOOT OF A HORSE THAT DIED OF LOCK-JAW. 



Fig. 57 represents the foot of a horse that died of lock- 

 jaw. Now I am free to confess that I have killed two valu- 

 able horses in my life by driving the nails wrong and pul- 



