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horses, let the toe be shortened and the heels lowered; 

 appl3^ a bar shoe the toe calkin to be set well back from the 

 front of the shoe. After the shoe is on put a few drops of 

 spirits of salts, then some hoof ointment to stop eating". 

 This way I have cured some very bad corns. 



SORENESS OF THE FLEXOR TENDON. 



As its name implies, this complaint is an injury to the 

 back sinew, from the effects of over- taxation. Work 

 horses are liable to become so affected, though it occurs 

 more frequently in the running and trotting horses, by 

 reason of their immense strides, the force of which has a 

 tendency — when prolonged to a certain extent — to cause 

 the tendons to become swollen and inflamed. 



The shoe should extend well back at the heels, the calkins 

 being at least one-half inch higher at the heels than at the 

 sides of the toe, where it should be w^ell rolled on the ground 

 surface, in order that the horse may be enabled to "get 

 over " the toe of his foot with but little strain on the flexor 

 tendon. 



I have also found the scoop-toed rolling-motion shoe very 

 successful in the cases of trotting and running horses. 

 The feet should alwaj^s be well leveled and straightened, 

 and the toes shortened as much as safety" will permit. A 

 preliminary application of bandages with cold water ma}' 

 be found beneficial. Make a shoe wide in web, with four 

 calks all put on length w^ays. 



