154 DISEASES OF THE HORSE'S FOOT 



forms an angle of more than 60 degrees with the ground, to 

 the badly ' clubbed ' foot, in which the horn at the toe forms 

 a right angle with the ground, or is even directed obliquely 

 backwards and downwards, so that the coronary margin 

 overhangs the solar edge of the wall. 



Sijmptoms. — Even in its least pronounced form the con- 

 dition is apparent at a glance, the alteration in the angle 

 formed by the hoof with the ground striking the eye at 

 once, and the heels, as compared with the toe, appearing 



Fig. 8S. — The Club-foot. 



much too high. AVhen the condition is slight, the wall of 

 the toe is about twice as high as that of the heels, while in 

 the most marked form the toe and the heels may in height 

 be nearly equal (see Fig. 83). When congenital, but little 

 interference with the action is noticed. Such animals, by 

 reason of their ' stiltiness,' are unfit for the saddle, but at 

 ordinary work will perform their duties equally well with 

 the animal of normal - shaped feet. When acquired 

 as the result of overwork, of contracted tendons, or other 

 causes, however, the gait becomes stumbling and uncertain. 



