EXAMINATION 27 



often very difficult to get rid of, frequently 

 festering, and causing the animal to go badly 

 lame. A veterinary surgeon, of course, always 

 casts a horse as unsound that is badly affected 

 with corns ; but, on the other hand, if they are 

 not bad ones, and the animal only required to do 

 slow work, especially if the work lies on soft 

 ground, as on a farm, a horse may be purchased, 

 for under these conditions, and if the shoeinof is 

 looked to and carefully done, the corns may 

 ultimately disappear altogether. A small corn 

 is often found to be present on examination, and 

 may have been caused, perhaps, by an ill-fitting 

 shoe. If it is well cut out and the shoe altered, 

 it will probably never make its reappearance. 

 Stout leather covering the sole, with plenty of 

 tow placed between to form a pad, is a very 

 good thing indeed to have horses affected with 

 corns shod with, as it lessens the jar or concus- 

 sion very considerably. 



The Frog. — The frog is the next thing to be 

 examined. A sound, healthy frog is a great 

 boon to a horse, as it forms a natural pad to the 

 foot, breaking and taking away a considerable 



