(TRAVELLING. 947 



GKAVELLING. 



A small stone, gravel, or dirt becoming imbedded under the 

 shoe at the point of the heel between the bar and frog, usually the 

 inner heel, and working through the sole into the quick, is called 

 gravelling. If not removed, it will in time work up through the 

 coronet, or cause matter to form which will burrow between the 

 wall and sensible sole. 



The horse shows more or less lameness on the trot; is aggra- 

 vated when driven over hard ground or trotted fast. If not in- 

 terfered with, the lameness continues for about three months, when 

 the gravel usually works through the coronet, making a small 

 break in the skin, after which the lameness disappears; but 

 should the matter be confined to the sole and surrounding parts, 

 it is liable to cause considerable disturbance and injury to the foot. 



When a horse shows lameness without any apparent cause, 

 this part should be carefully examined, 1st, to discover if the 

 solo is broken at the point of the heel; 2nd, by slight tapping 

 against the wall of the part with a small stone or hammer, to find 

 if there is any unusual sensibility ; 3d, by resting the hand gently 

 upon the part, to see if there is any increased heat, which would 

 of course point to the seat of trouble. Sometimes gravel works 

 into the sensitive part in consequence of the sole being denuded to 

 relieve a bruise or corn. The point is to remove the cause of irri- 

 tation. If much inflammation and pain, poultice; this will lower 

 inflammation, and aid in soaking out and removing any foreign 

 matter accumulated. When this has been done, saturate a pledget 

 of tow with tincture of myrrh, or tar ointment, or Friar's balsam, 

 and insert into the part, covering it completely. Next, fit a shoe 

 so there will be no pressure upon this part, and nail on. It will 

 usually be found necessary to put on a bar shoe until the heel is 

 grown down again and will bear pressure. 



BRUISE OF THE SOLE. 



The sole is liable to bruise from the shoo being improperly 

 seated, sometimes from sand or gravel being impacted in the web 

 of the shoe, or by "picking up" a stone, which, getting wedged 

 in the foot, bruises the sole. 



Symptoms, Lameness first attracts attention to it; in re- 



