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enough to relieve the pain, the lameness vanished, it hnd been of such 

 long standing as to interfere with the proportion of the foot. The 

 one affected is still a trifle smaller than the other, and with hisrher 

 heels. This came from the inflammatory action while the foreign 

 substance was in the foot, and by keeping that part cut down so that 

 the frog was brought into play, it has spread to nearly the natural 

 proportion. 



The crack in the horn was nearly three quarters of an inch above 

 the ground surface of the toe, when we began to drive her on the 

 road, and not very long afterwards, the toe broke away, leaving a 

 gap the width of the crack. This oom{)elled putting a tip on that 

 foot, and in order that there should be no disparity, a tip was also 

 put on the other. The tip-i weighed nearly four ounces each, and 

 were put on the 15th of February. The driving commenced on the 

 8th, anl sh3 wa, driven eiltirely on the mioalamized streets of Oak- 

 land, the others b^ing too muddy to exercise her upon. The well 

 foot was slightly worn at the toe. though it did not i-equire any 

 " protection," and the intention was not to use even the tips for some 

 timp, if at all. On the 7th of M irch she lost the tip from the 

 broken foot, and returned from the drive with the toe broken for 

 half an inch or more on each side of the gap. That this break came 

 from the brittleness caused by the separation of the tubes is evident, 

 foi' the hind feat, whicli have not bean protected, have not broken a 

 particle, and ava in capital condition. On the following day a tip 

 was put on, anl in ordar to set it properly, the horn had to be cut 

 siifficiently to reach that which had been deposited since the break 

 at the coronet. There was a pilpable diS'erenca between that and 

 the brittle portion, the former being much the toughest. The junc- 

 tion of the wall and sole gave evidence of the injury, there being an 

 entirely difierent appeai-ance at the point of contact from that of the 

 well foot. If the examination hal been thorousrh enouofli at the 

 time of the injury to discover the sliver, the extraction of it would 

 have saved the foot ; and though the catting necessary might have 

 resulted in more acute lameness, it would have been for a brief 

 period. We were mua'a disappointed in not baing able to try the 

 experiment of using a natural foot without protection of any kind, 



