390 DISEASES OF THE HORSE’S FOOT 
from ruptured aorta, when eight years old. My attention 
was called to him as a yearling by his owner, who told me 
that he sometimes fancied the colt was lame. I went over 
to see him, and found that he was unmistakably lame on 
the off fore-leg. Careful examination showed no heat or 
enlargement anywhere. I advised rest and the colt became 
pretty sound, though not quite so—in fact, he never did 
Fic. 150.—Errscts or PERriostitis oN THE PEDAL AND NavicuLaR 
Bones. 
become quite sound, and sometimes he was very lame 
indeed. 
‘Every imaginable sort of treatment was tried short of 
neurectomy, without avail. The curious part of the case 
was that there never was much heat or any apparent 
change of structure, nor was “ pointing ” a very noticeable 
feature. The foot always remained a good-looking one. 
As the horse won a good number of races he was of some 
value, and was seen by a good many members of the pro- 
