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SPRAINS. 



the pastern with the bandage, the loAver part of which should be 

 just clear of the fetlock joint (Fig. 25). The inner end should now 

 be firmly secured between the cloth on both sides in the manner 

 just described. 



The liability of a bandage to become undone while a horse is in 

 movement, is directly proportionate, other things being equal, to 

 the difference in width of the leg at the fetlock and the width just 

 below the knee. When this is small, as is usually the case with 



Fie. 



— Commencing Lo apply 

 bandage to leg. 



Fig. 24. — Securing loose end of 

 bandage. 



well-bred animals, the back tendons run nearly parallel to the 

 cannon bone ; and consequently the turns of the bandage can be 

 put on evenly. When, on the contrary, the width of the fetlock 

 is large, and the horse is somewhat tied-in below the knee, each 

 turn of the bandage will necessarily be looser at its upper edge 

 than at its lower one, which fact will naturally tend to make the 

 bandage work loose, especially during a long day, as out hunting. 



Filled Legs. 



Though this term is not scientific, it is well understood by horse- 

 men to mean a condition of the legs in which there is more or less 



