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of how he stood when he suffered most severely. I also give specimens 

 of the usual method of sharpening the calks in winter, and as they 

 should be rounded or filed to prevent serious injury. Owners should 

 not neglect to look to this matter very carefully. The toe and inside 

 calk especially should be rounded sufficiently to prevent any serious 

 cutting. Concave shoes should be used in winter ; with such, calks 



Fig. 848.— Calks as They are Usually Sharpened in Winter. 



need not be longor sharp to give sufficient hold. Particular care should 

 be taken not to have any calks or sharp shoes on when there is an 



Pig. 849.— As the Calks Should be Blunted or Rounded to Prevent Cutting. 



effort to subdue a horse. This caution must not be disregarded, as 

 a horse under such circumstances is liable to cut himself danger- 

 ously/ 



Overreach. 



When a horse, in a fast pace, overreaches the fore with the hind 

 foot,xthe inner rim of the shoe cutting a semi-circular flap on the 

 heel or quarter, it is called an " overreach." It should be treated as 

 a tread ; but'when practicable, the edges should be brought together 

 by a wire suture, and bound up with Friar's balsam or compound 

 tincture of benzoin. 



, QUITTOR. 



In all cases in which matter forms, in the foot, whether from 

 pricks, corns, bruises, or treads, unless it has free openings to es- 

 cape by, it acts as an irritant, extending in every direction, through 



