HORSES. 6i 



WEAK CORONETS* 



Colts that have been starved or stunted by intestinal worms 

 may grow up with weak, thin coronets, which seem almost to 

 show the edge of the horn instead of a full round ring. 



Treatment. — Rub the Elliman's all round the coronets 

 twice or three times a week. 



The enlargement which Elliman's can bring about in the 

 horse's foot, may be ascertained by measuring the impress of the 

 foot before the treatment and after the horn has grown down. 



Prevention consists in liberal feeding and plenty of exercise 

 when quite young. 



SAND CRACK. 



This is due to the imperfect secretion of horn. In a sound 

 foot there is a perfect blending of gelatinous and hard material, 

 but where the gelatinous is wanting, sand-crack is liable to 

 follow. A common cause is due to the farrier rasping the wall 

 of the foot after shoeing, thus removing the gelatinous layers, and 

 so producing evaporation and dryness which eventually cracks. 



On the inside of the fore foot and at the toe of the hind, is 

 where it most often occurs. 



Tpeatment.— Remove the shoe and cut an inversed J\ where 

 the crack touches the sole or ground surface. At the top of the 

 crack, that is to say, immediately below the coronet, make a 

 true V with a firing iron, the crack running down through the 

 centre or bisecting the /\. 



This mechanical arrangement distributes the concussion over 

 the sound parts while resting the injured. The Elliman's 

 should be rubbed into the coronet all the way round, so as to 

 promote a sound growth of fresh horn. The crack will grow 

 out, unless the coronary band has been severed by a wound. 

 Then a mark of union will be left, but the animal may become 

 sound in going and remain so. 



FEVER IN THE FEET (Laminitis)* 



Acute and chronic inflammation of the sensitive laminae 

 renders many horses unsound. 



