FILLED LEOS. 



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the case with well-bred animals, the back tendons run nearly parallel 

 to the cannon bone; and consequently the turns of the bandage 

 can be put on evenly. When, on the contrary, the width of the 

 fetlock is large, and the horse is somewhat tied-in below the knee, 



Fig. 25. — Bandage completed, and with end secured. 



each turn of the bandage will necessarily be looser at its upper edge 

 than at its lower one, which fact will naturally tend to make the 

 bandage work loose, especially during a long day, as out hunting. 



Filled Legs. 



Though this term is not scientific, it is well understood by horse- 

 men to mean a condition of the legs in which there is more or less 

 swelling (p. 15), due, generally, to passive congestion (p. 14), 

 and " work." As, sprains are a fertile cause of " filled legs," I have 

 placed this paragraph in the present chapter. The form of filled or 

 swollen legs to which I wish to direct the attention of my readers, 



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