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stimulate the injury, and encourage the healing of the 

 wound. 



If the coronet be cut through, it is often a very 

 serious affair, and if neglected, or treated otherwise 

 than is here directed, may lead to quittor, or to false 

 quarter. The first thing to be done now is to apply 

 the solution which has just been named, and if the 

 secretive portion of the coronet is not destroyed, or 

 the injury has not by neglect become a quittor, the 

 evil will not increase under treatment. 



FALSE QUARTER. 



Either from neglect of sand-crack, or from the too 

 brutal use of the firing-iron, there often happens a 

 slough of the coronet ; whereby a portion of the sur- 

 face which secretes the outer table of the hoof is lost. 

 The horn at this place J?eing irremediably deficient, 

 there will ever after remain a groove upon the outer 

 surface of the wall from the top to the bottom of the 

 hoof. This is termed false quarter. It is a very 

 serious defect in the foot of the horse, and is never to 

 be cured. The strength of the hoof is materially 

 lessened; and this circumstance, by regulating the 

 uses to which the animal shall be put, may lead to 

 much annoyance. 



In such a case it is hopeless to attempt a cure. The 

 part which has been destroyed can never be restored. 

 All that can be done is, to have the shoe well eased off, 

 and a clip placed on either side of the groove ; while 

 the foot should be constantly dressed with the appli- 

 cations recommended for brittle hoofs. These mea- 



