25on'^FARRiERV New G///V^.Ch.LXXXVII. 



** move the lower Part of the Leg and Foot, whofe Fibres 

 ** being at any time afFed:ed, either by Bruifes, ill Shoe- 

 *' ing, or Handing in the Water after hard Riding, while 

 *' the Horfe it hot ; or by ftanding Hill in the Stable for fe- 

 ** veral Days, without having the Feet ftopt up, and the 

 *' hke; I fiiy, the tendinous Fibres being aftedled by thefe 

 *' or other Means, caufe the Horfe to have fucli great Pain 

 *' in his Feet, that he can fcarce endure to tread upon them, 

 '* which Lamenefs we call a Founder. Now this Diftem- 

 ** per is'fo much the harder to cure, by reafon thefe Fibres 

 ** lie To far out of Reach, mofi: of them running on the up- 

 *' per hde of the Bone, betwixt it and the Hoof, and not to 

 *' its Bottom ; fo that the Hoof growing upon the fides, 

 " as til? Soal doth at the Bottom, there is great Hazard : 

 *' But we (hall mifs efFeding a Cure, if we only pull the 

 *' Soal out, and do not cut Part of the Hoof off alfo. This 

 *' is not my bare Opinion, but the Experience of thofe 

 *' who have had good Succefs in curing founder'd Horfes, 

 " who, by raifing the Hoof from the Cronet, or Top of 

 •^^ it, to the very Bottom, in live or iix Places, until they 

 ** have made the Blood come, and then applying thefe Re- 

 *' medies to tho/e Places, have made thofe Horfes found, 

 ** whom the drawing out of their Soals would not cure. 



Now it is very plain, when the Infirmity lies in the ten- 

 dinous Fibres which are inferred into the upper Part of the 

 Cofiin-bone, it cannot readily be removed by barely taking 

 out the Soal, as Mr. S?icp£ has juftly obferved ; and there- 

 fore the Method he has laid down ought, in all ohftinats 

 Cafes, to becomply'd with as the moft certain ; and what, 

 if rightly manag'd, may, for the moft part, be attended witl] 

 good Succefs ; and nothing can be more properly applied 

 lo the Wounds made in the Hoof, than Tar, Turpentine, 

 and Honey, melted together, with a fourth part of Spirit of 

 Wine, foakingPledgits of clean Hurds in this Mixture, and 

 laying them pretty warm upon the Razures or Chinks, o- 

 mitting two Days after the firft DrelTing, continuing after- 

 Avards to make your Applications every Day, until the va- 

 cant Spaces of the Hoof are filled up. The fame Applica- 

 tions ought alfo to be made to the Soal, covering the whole 

 Foot with flaxen Cloths dipt in Oil and Vinegar beat to- 

 gether, which may be faltened with a Roller, or a pretty 

 long piece of Lift. 



But the precceding Method is only neceflary in obftinat^ 

 Cafes, tor many rimes the Fondring is cur'd only by melt- 

 iiv^ Pilch and Tar, with a fafficicnt Qi-ianlity of Hogs- 

 ' lard. 



