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. 
Symptoms.—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 
Fic, 83.—Tur CuLus-root, 
much too high. When 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. 
